The University of Montana’s spectrUM

Discovery Area will bring its popular “Hands on Health” exhibition

to Libby in March.

Students will participate in guided

field trips of the exhibition in the Asa Wood gymnasium Tuesday and

Wednesday, March 1-2, and the exhibition will be free and open for

the public to explore from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday.

“Hands on Health” features interactive

science exhibits and activities exploring health professions and

sciences, including a health-assessment station, guided cow eyeball

and heart dissections, and a life-size medical teaching torso for

simulated surgery activities.

SpectrUM’s visit to Libby is sponsored

by BlueCross/BlueShield of Montana, the Western Montana Area Health

Education Center and PPL Montana.

SpectrUM travels the state with a

mobile science center featuring various interactive science

exhibitions, such as “Hands on Health” and “The Brain: A World

Inside Your Head.” Since 2007 spectrUM has visited dozens of

counties and reservations cross the state, including some of

Montana’s most remote communities.

“We travel hands-on science around the

state, transforming gymnasiums and cafeterias into powerful science

learning centers that help inspire Montana’s next generation of

scientists, health-care providers, engineers and visionaries,” said

Holly Truitt, spectrUM director.

The spectrUM Discovery Area in Missoula

is located in Skaggs Building Room 166 on the UM campus. It’s open

to the public Thursdays from 3:30-7 p.m. and Saturdays from 11

a.m.-4:30 p.m. Admission is $3.50 per person.

Teachers who would like to arrange

class field trips to spectrUM, which cost $3.50 per student, can

call 406-243-4828. To arrange for spectrUM to visit a school or

organization, go online to: www.spectrum.umt.edu or call

406-243-4828.