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Medical Weeks are one-time experiences - 5 days, 3 hours a day - where students explore medicine like never before. Think unforgettable experiments like a full medical dome, real ultrasound imaging, and cutting-edge tools such as the Apple Vision Pro.

Upcoming Medical Weeks

DeBakey Medical Week

Sew it. Pump it. Save it.

Certificate upon completion

December 21 - December 26, 2026

10:00 - 13:00 daily · English / Arabic

The Medical Campaign · Baabdat - Baabdat, Lebanon

Ages 4 - 13 · 30 spots left

Medical Add-On: One extra hour every day (+$100 per child)

$292.50

Five missions inspired by Michael DeBakey, the Lebanese-American surgeon who built the roller pump and sewed the first artificial arteries.

Day by day

The Pump — Mission 1 · Mon
The Pump
How do you keep a body alive while its heart is stopped?
How the heart moves blood around the body. Ft. The Pump Race, where kids build a working roller pump from tubing and a roller, then race to move the most "blood" in 30 seconds.

The Sewing Machine — Mission 2 · Tue
The Sewing Machine
Can a needle and thread rebuild an artery?
Arteries, and what happens when one gets weak. Ft. The Leak Test, where kids stitch their own fabric artery and test it with water. For the last 30 minutes, a parent or teta is welcome to sew alongside, just like DeBakey learned from his mother.

The Field Hospital — Mission 3 · Wed
The Field Hospital
Ten patients, three doctors. Who do you save first?
Emergency medicine and teamwork. Ft. The Rescue Drill, where the room becomes a mobile hospital with triage tags, splints, bandages, stretcher teamwork and timed rescue scenarios.

The Helper Heart — Mission 4 · Thu
The Helper Heart
Can a machine take over for a failing heart?
What happens when a heart needs help. In teams, kids design and build their own heart-helper device from tubing, pumps and cardboard, and test whether it can keep the 'blood' moving.

The DeBakey Prize — Mission 5 · Sat
The DeBakey Prize
Can your invention convince a panel of judges?
Each team pitches its heart-helper invention to a panel of judges, with parents watching. The best invention wins the DeBakey Prize.

Da Vinci Medical Week

Draw it. Build it. Heal it.

Certificate upon completion

December 28 - January 2, 2027

10:00 - 13:00 daily · English / Arabic

The Medical Campaign · Baabdat - Baabdat, Lebanon

Ages 4 - 13 · 28 spots left

Medical Add-On: One extra hour every day (+$100 per child)

$292.50

Five notebook pages inspired by Leonardo da Vinci: eyes, measurements, the glass heart, robot surgery and a workshop of inventions.

Day by day

The Eye Is a Camera — Day 1 · Mon
The Eye Is a Camera
Why does your eye see the world upside down?
Leonardo compared the eye to a dark room with a tiny hole. Kids build a box camera, watch the world appear upside down inside it, and discover how the lens and retina work, and why some people need glasses.

Built to Measure — Day 2 · Tue
Built to Measure
Can you design a bionic hand to fit your own?
Kids measure themselves the way Leonardo measured the Vitruvian Man, then design a bionic hand sized to their own hand. Ft. The Bionic Hand Lab.

The Glass Heart — Day 3 · Wed
The Glass Heart
What secret did a glass heart hide for 500 years?
Kids recreate Leonardo's glass heart experiment with clear tubes, water and seeds, and see how blood swirls to close a heart valve.

The Robot Surgeon — Day 4 · Thu
The Robot Surgeon
Can you operate without looking at your hands?
Surgeons today operate through tiny holes, guided by a screen and a robot named after Leonardo. Kids train like surgeons on a keyhole surgery box, moving tools by watching only the screen. Ft. The Robot Surgeon Challenge.

The Bottega — Day 5 · Sat
The Bottega
What would Leonardo invent for medicine today?
Leonardo trained in a workshop called a bottega. Kids turn the room into one and invent their own medical device the way he would: sketched in their notebook first, then built as a working prototype.