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Begin your journey into the world o f OMSI’s Grosso logy by stepping inside Tour de Nose to learn
about air filtering and heating, olfaction, mucus production and other gross stuff.
G ross H as and A lw ays W ill B e C ool
OMSI hosts ‘impolite’ science of the human body
The engrossing, but mostly gross
Oregon Museum of Science exhibit
that allows kids to crawl through a
30-foot digestive tract, sniff out the
body’s smelliest odors, climb a hu
man skin wall of scabs and pimples
and view a vomit display is back by
popular demand.
Kids and adults alike are wel
come to enter (through a big, toothy
mouth) OM SI’s Grossology: The
(Impolite) Science of the Human
Body exhibit, now open and run
ning until Jan. 6.
What makes a nose run? Why
does drinking soda make us burp?
Where does food travel during di
gestion? These are the questions
OMSI invites visitors to probe as
they explore all the slimy, mushy,
oozy, scaly and stinky gross (yet
scientific) things that occur every
day inside us.
Adapted from the best-selling
children’s book, Grossology, by
author and science teacher Sylvia
Branzei, the internationally touring
e x h ib itio n uses so p h istic a te d
animatronics and imaginative fea
tures to explain the good, the bad
and the downright ugly about runny
noses, body odor and the like.
“This is science in disguise,” said
Branzei, a teacher, writer, curricu
lum designer and microbiologist. “If
we teach students in their own words.
they’ll understand better and actu
ally learn something.”
Visitors have the opportunity to
be a kidney and walk through a giant
nose, not to mention stop by the
Toot Toot exhibit, play Gas Attack
pinball, and even launch dirt balls
into larger-than-life-size, booger-
producing nostrils.
Grossology’s last Portland ap
pearance at OMSI in 2001 was so
wildly popular, museum organizers
were inspired to stage an encore.
The price of the exhibit is in
cluded in paid museum admission.
$ 12 for adults and $9 for youth. For
more information, visit omsi.edu or
call503-797-4000.
Fred Meyer Young Artists Showcase
Fred Meyer is inviting teen art
ists to showcase their work in the
remodeled deli of its Hawthorne
store. Through The Fred Meyer
Venue for Young Artists, the com
pany hopes to help creative teenag
ers succeed in the often challenging
and competitive world of art.
“Young artists need to be en
couraged, now m ore than ever,
particularly since so many schools
are cutting back on art educa
tion,” says Casey Currey-W ilson,
teen artist whose works are cur
rently on display at the store, lo
cated at 3805 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
It was his idea to start the new
venture, which will focus exclu
sively on young artists.
“I want to give other teenagers a
chance to display their work and get
the recognition they deserv e,”
The Hawthorne Fred Meyer store is providing wall space to exhibit
the creative works o f young artists.
Currey-Wilson said.
submission are available on Currey-
Interested teens must submit W ilso n ’s
w eb site
at
their work online, and guidelines for caseycurreywilson.com.
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