Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Over
the
next
week,
more
than
1,300
high
school
students
from
across
Ontario
will
participate
in
the
University
of
Waterloo’s
annual
Kinesiology
Lab
Days
event
running
from
December
4
to
13.
The
Department
of
Kinesiology
within
the
Faculty
of
Applied
Health
Sciences
at
Waterloo
coordinates
the
event,
which
was
established
40
years
ago
as
an
introduction
to
the
new
discipline
of
kinesiology—the
science
of
human
movement.
Since
then,
it
has
served
as
an
educational
resource
to
hundreds
of
high
school
teachers
across
the
province
working
with
kinesiology,
biology,
and
exercise
science
curricula.
This
year,
students
in
grades
11
and
12
from
50
schools
will
learn
about
a
wide
range
of
topics
related
to
human
health
and
movement
in
mini-laboratory
sessions.
Students
will
have
hands-on
opportunities
to
interact
with
equipment
used
in
Waterloo’s
state-of-the-art
research
and
teaching
laboratories.
This
year's
lab
topics
include:
- Cardiovascular Health
- Psyched-Up: Learning and Performing Movement Tasks
- Work Those Muscles
- Neurological Inquiries
- Anatomical Inquiries
- Gait and Posture
- Ergonomics
Labs start each day at 10:45 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. A morning welcome session begins at 10:15 a.m. each day in B.C. Matthews Hall 1016 and 1621. Labs will be held in several rooms in B.C. Matthews Hall and the Lyle S. Hallman Institute for Health Promotion.