Grossology

NOW – September 2, 2013 

How much do you know about the gross things your body does? Sometimes it’s stinky; sometimes it’s crusty; and sometimes it’s slimy. Explore why your body produces mushy, oozy, crusty, scaly and stinky gunk at Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body during its appearance at Imagination Station.

Based on the best-selling book Grossology, this exhibition uses sophisticated animatronics and imaginative exhibits to tell you the good, the bad and the downright icky about runny noses, body odor and much more.

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Nigel Nose-It-All

Activate Nigel by pressing one of five buttons to learn about how their nose functions including allergies, sinuses, snot trivia, runny noses and more. In addition, check out the microscopes featuring slides of things that cause runny noses.

Tour du Nose

Enter a giant nose and explore 10 very realistic nasal features: nose hair; conchae: the opening to the front of the sinuses; the spectrum; the eustachian tubes; mucus production; a view down the throat; tear ducts; the olfactory epithelium and blood vessels. As you enter and walk to the back of the nose, the nose awakens and lets out a loud “sneeeeze”!

Human Skin Climbing Wall

Do you dare to climb the human skin wall using pimples, warts, wounds, hair, moles and other skin blemishes as your foot holes and hand grips?

Burp Man

Watch Burp Man’s drink from a three-foot pop can and see the stomach pressure increase until the character releases a giant burp!

Gas Attack!    

Learn which foods create more gas in your body by playing a pinball game with pigs sitting atop a pile of… that’s right, poo.

GI Slide

Slide and crawl through this 30 foot long giant digestive system from mouth to large intestine.

Patients Please!

Learn about your body parts in this “operation” style game where you can attempt to remove body parts from the game table without touching the sides of the holes. Lots of fun!

Up Your Nose

Learn how boogers form in your nose by launching pollen balls at an over sized nose. Shooting five pollen balls into the nose causes the nose to sneeze and shoot back the balls at you.

Other exhibits include listening to various body sounds; heart, stomach gurgles, breathing and swallowing, learning how food is digested as it passes through the gastronomical system, exploring the many causes of vomiting, matching the body odors with the area of the body they come from; arm pits, lower intestines, mouth & feet, how the kidneys remove waste from the blood and using rubber tubing and air to learn about the physics of tooting.

To book your field trip to see Grossology call 419.244.2674 ext. 250 or make your reservation online.