Grossology

Anyone want to celebrate passing Nursing 1 with a little trip?

Grossology

Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body—a “science in disguise” exhibit that turns the disgusting into the fascinating!

September 30, 2006 – January 7, 2007

DISGUSTING!" "YUCK!" "TOTALLY GROSS!"Slimy, oozy, crusty, stinky secretions like snot, barf, pus, and body odor-what's the cool science behind this "gross" stuff?

Enter Grossology and discover the anatomy, biology, chemistry and physics of why we sneeze, vomit, belch, and even stink.

Hands-on and feet-on activities, giant animatronics, and computer games let visitors explore how the human body fights germs, breaks down food, gets rid of trapped air, removes waste products, and performs other critical functions.

Visitors can:

Enter a giant nostril and get "blown away" by a humongous sneeze!
Perform organ removal in a delicate surgical "operation."
Walk, climb, slide, and crawl through a 3-D model of the human digestive system.
Get a whiff of four body odors, and match them to the body areas they come from.
Clamber up a "human skin" climbing wall with warts, zits, and wounds.
Play pinball, and bounce around foods that give you the most gas.
Shoot "dirt balls" into a giant nose.
Hear how air, vibration, and pressure lead to noisy, bodily surprises.
Take out the "trash" by removing waste elements from the bloodstream.
GROSSOLOGY Exhibit is produced by Advanced Animations LLC. in collaboration with Science World British Columbia.

GROSSOLOGY is a registered trademark of Penguin Group (USA), Inc.

September 30, 2006-
January 7, 2007