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Museum opens its new exhibit Grossology: The(Impolite) Science of the Human Body
Bring to the kids to Long Island Children’s Museum this summer for a rip-roaring, snorting and hacking good time exploring the museum’s new “science-in-disguise” traveling exhibit.
Boogers, belches and body odor are certainly not the typical subjects you would associate with a museum exhibit, but those very topics and other “impolite” bodily functions will be entertaining – and enlightening – children who visit “Grossology: the (Impolite) Science of the Human Body.“
Based on Sylvia Branzei’s best-selling book “Grossology,” the exhibit (which runs through Sept. 4) features 10 interactive stations designed to teach kids the good, the bad and the downright ugly about runny noses, body odor and much more. Sophisticated animatronics and imaginative exhibits explain to visitors how and why their bodies produce mushy, oozy, crusty, scaly, stinky things that many people think are ‘gross’.
“We are delighted to bring this wildly popular exhibit to Long Island,” said LICM President Suzanne LeBlanc. “The exhibit addresses all the ‘why’ questions about biology and health sciences that children don’t know the answers to and have been told are not polite topics of conversation.”
LeBlanc noted the popularity of medical programs that provide practical health lessons on “delicate” health themes. “Think of this as a ‘Dr. Oz’ lesson for the younger set,” she said.
Created by Advanced Animations, LLC, in collaboration with Science World British Columbia, this unique exhibit demonstrates what our body’s biology does to keep us healthy. For instance, visitors can become a dust particle and walk through a giant nose to learn about mucus production, find out what causes runny noses with Nigel Nose-it-All, or play “Gas Attack” pinball and score points by hitting bumpers disguised as foods that cause gas.
During their exploration of Grossology, LICM visitors will be invited to “gross out” at the exhibit’s many stations:
Walk through a giant mouth to begin your exploration of the inner workings of your body.
