Join Pacific Science Center as Professor Wellbody’s Academy of Health & Wellness opens its gates to the public on Saturday, Dec. 1. Wellbody Academy holds over 7,000 square feet and two stories of exhibit and program space filled with immersive hands-on inventions, gadgets and activities about health.
Kids will get a kick out of the giant sleep machine in the Slumbertorium, which helps them learn that proper sleep is a vital and often underappreciated key to health, or the giant sneeze wall in the Germnasium, experiencing first-hand why we should all cover our mouths when we cough or sneeze. Kids can build a balanced meal with the colorful and interactive conveyer belt-style activity in the Cafédium and more. The exhibit presents health as a lifelong process of balancing exercise, diet, proper rest and hygiene.
“Wellbody Academy reminds all of us that the quality of our wellness is largely determined by a multitude of small choices that people of all generations make every day in their lives,” said Pacific Science Center’s President and CEO Bryce Seidl.
This is the first time in more than 10 years that Pacific Science Center has created a new, permanent exhibit. The idea of Wellbody Academy was first conceived in 2006. An early planning grant from Group Health enabled the Science Center to bring together local and nationally-recognized experts in health and healthcare to form an advisory committee. Their vision and imagination helped guide the content inside the halls of Wellbody Academy to be simultaneously educational and fun.
Wellbody Academy opens at a crucial point in the general health of our country, which has some of the highest obesity rates in the world. Because Wellbody Academy focuses on lifelong wellness by encouraging behaviors that combat many of the health problems facing the region, it has been embraced by both the health and healthcare community.
Entry to Professor Wellbody’s Academy of Health & Wellness is included with the price of general admission to Pacific Science Center. To learn more about the exhibit, visit the Pacific Science Center’s website.
