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More than 4,000 students register for Take Your Child to Work Day, which nourishes young scientific minds across NIH

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Jun 01, 2018
Children explore labs and technology, become a hands-on genetic researcher, learn about the life of social workers, chemists, dieticians and peer reviewers
Child participates in Take Your Child to Work Day Operating Room Boot Camp activity
During Operating Room Boot Camp at the NIH Clinical Center in April 2018, children placed their wrists under a vein viewer for vein illumination, a device that aids medical staff in finding a good vein for venipuncture. In the background, Dr. Andrew Mannes, chief of the hospital's Department of Perioperative Medicine, demonstrates how the ultrasound machine scans the blood vessels.
 
In the Dental Clinic, children learn the importance of taking care of their teeth
A dental hygienist at the NIH Clinical Center teaches children the importance of maintaining a healthy mouth during the 24th NIH Take Your Child to Work Day in April 2018. She discussed the role teeth play in actions such as talking, swallowing, chewing and taste and asked her audience to imagine doing these things without teeth.
 
Children participate in Take Your Child to Work Day Hematology Lab
Children had the opportunity to ask NIH Clinical Center staff about blood cells as part of a Hematology lesson in April 2018.
 
Children participated in Take Your Child to Work Day
A child extracts DNA from a strawberry in a session hosted by the National Human Genome Research Institute in April 2018.