The Whitman/Zahourek Foundation's mission is to make the inquisitive study of anatomy a core curriculum for all levels of education worldwide. The foundation's philosophy is that discovery and understanding of anatomy, both human and other animal, teaches self-recognition, promotes kinesthetic intelligence, and leads to personal integration into the environment and the world, and these results will create better world citizens.
The Whitman Zahourek foundation started an organization uniting Anatomy, Health Science, and Forensic Science High School teachers. The name of this group is The High School Anatomy Association. The website allows anatomy teachers to blog, share lesson plans, and get grants.
Why Study Anatomy?"If you would become educated, first know thyself." This is the traditional foundation on which to build an education. Learning is mostly, patterns-recognition; education is their manipulation. Understanding is realizing the interactivity of patterns, inside and out. Recognize pattersn within yourself and you'll soon find yourself looking for the patterns around you. Our bodies are perfect learning laboratories for the pattern analysis of our worlds, internal and external. Although we are mostly unaware of the process, we are busy in our body-labs, from our earliest fetal twitches, learning the most profound lessons about time, space and gravity; things we know so well we forget ever not knowing. We learned them by doing. Nature's patterns are the "ways and means" of everyone's life, and can be recognized and known "in our bones." Anatomy should be a fundamental subject for everyone, rather than an ultrasubject for the specialist. Anatomy awareness and understanding should be an entry-level human activity practiced lifelong. The most knowable and the most knowing part of yourself is the ancient culture of life-forms and functions we think of as our anatomy. Colorado Science Fair WinnersAt the State Science Fair, the foundation awarded two students the 2008 Medical and Health Science Award.
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Denver Science Fair Winners
The Foundation attended the Denver Metro Science Fair and awarded two students the 2008 Medical and Health Science Award. 2008 Senior Division Winner: David Gillis 11th Grade Cherry Creek High School (pictured) 2008 Junior Division Winner: Andrew Rutty 7th Grade Mackintosh Academy |
