West Palm Beach, FL Exit 68: 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 the South Florida Science Center.
This traveling exhibit that explores the human body is adapted from the best-selling children’s book by author and science teacher Sylvia Branzei, using sophisticated animatronics and imaginative displays to demonstrate the good, the bad and the downright ugly about runny noses, body odor and other bodily functions.
Take a “Tour du Nose” to investigate 10 nasal features, including how your snoot acts as an air filter, a smell sensor and a mucus producer. Play the pinball game “Gas Attack” by scoring off bumpers dressed up as food items that cause gas. Mimic the build up of acid indigestion by causing the “Burp Machine” to release a giant belch. Explore the role of the kidney in a virtual reality experience in “Urine: The Game.” Take a ride on the GI slide, climb a large-scale replica of human skin, and discover other mysterious ways your body’s biology does what it needs to do to keep you healthy.
Your kids will have so much fun at this science-in-disguise, interactive exhibition, oozing with disgusting science and entertaining hands-on educational games, that they won’t even realize how much they are learning.
Location: The South Florida Science Center and Aquarium :
4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach, FL 33405
Date: Traveling Exhibit until Oct 11, 2016
Hours: Mon – Fri 9– 5pm, Sat 10– 6pm, Sun 10– 6pm
Tel: 561-832-198
sfsciencecenter.org/grossology
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