Hello!
I hope everyone has been safe and warm these past few weeks
with all of these snow days we’ve been having!
Last weekend, we had our camp registration day to kick of
the start of signups for summer camp! It’s never too early to sign up, so if
you are interested in signing up for camp – for one week, a few weeks, or all
of them! – give us a call and register today!
Here at the museum we are planning our holiday programs for
the week of February break. These
programs are a fun way for kids to spend their days off from school. Each program has a theme, and from the time
children are dropped off at 10am, to when they are picked up at 3pm, we have
lots of science activities and demonstrations for a fun-filled day of learning. There are still spots left in our February
programs, so call and register today before it’s too late!
Also, in honor of Valentine’s day coming up, I wanted to
share an interesting fact. It has been
said that wedding rings are worn on the left ring finger because it is the only
finger with a vein that leads directly to the heart – this is an ancient myth
and is actually not anatomically correct.
The vein in your ring finger, along with the veins in all of your other
fingers, is connected to a network of veins throughout your hand and arm. All of the veins in your arm eventually
connect to the subclavian vein (there is one of these on each side of your
body, just behind your collar bones) and both of these connect to still larger
veins that eventually join at the superior vena cava. The vena cava is the only vein that
technically connects directly to the heart, because it is the vein through
which all of your blood enters the heart before it is sent to the lungs to
collect oxygen.
Hopefully you enjoyed that short anatomy lesson, have a very
happy Valentine’s day!
-Stephanie
