OVER THE LIPS, PAST THE GUMS, LOOK OUT STOMACH, HERE IT COMES!
The GI guy has intestines that are made from a shower curtain sewn together. We make play-doh from cocoa and put it into the “intestines.” Participants can push the “stool” through, acting like the intestinal muscles performing… peristalsis!
On the floor, there is a linoleum mat that is the same length as the large intestine if it were stretched out – about 5 feet long! Ask the younger kids to walk the length of the intestines – they get a kick out of this!
The display board outlines each stage of digestion, from ingestion to excretion.

MISSION NUTRITION
The Mission Nutrition game has rules on the display board. The placards have pictures of food on them along with "fuel" points. This fuel is a combination of calories, fat, and carbohydrates. It's important for kids to realize that they need fat and sugar in their diet, but they need to keep it within certain limits. The board also has explanations of the food groups.
There are two jars (bottles) showing: (1) The amount of sugar in one Coke; (2) The amount of oil in a small order of McDonald's French Fries.
This is great for younger kids. There are placemats with colored rectangles with the food groups on them. The idea is to place the play food into the food group that it belongs. You can let the kids pick the food out themselves or give them a pile of food and them them with the stopwatches (make it a quick competition).
Some of the food doesn't fit into a food group (ex: donuts). This is a great time to point out that if you can't figure out what food group it fits into, that food is more than likely a fat/sugar - something that should be limited.

MEET YOUR TEETH
The board has Who, What, Where, When, and How questions and answers pertaining to healthy teeth.
The baby food jars have real human teeth glued to the bottom. They have been submerged in different liquids to show their effects on teeth. The different liquids are: powerade, vinegar, water, orange juice, and Coke.
For the flossing demo, ask the person to hold out their hand, palm down, with their fingers tightly together with an open palm. Have another person take a piece of yarn and slowly work it between two fingers, making sure to go all the way to the palm (gums).

HEART OF THE MATTER
The heart model shows the four chambers of the heart
Listen to your own heart beat (steth's to give away?)
Remember those connect the dots games when you were a kid? This handout has a picture of the heart on it with numbered dots that outline the pathway of blood through the heart!

BLOODY DETAILS
Point out white blood cells vs red blood cells. Note how red blood cells have no nucleus!
The large red beads are red blood cells (RBCs), and the large white beads are white blood cells (WBCs). The small white beads are platelets. This demonstrates how the spleen (large strainer) filters the blood (beads).

ARTERY MAZE
Supervise while kids crawl through a life-sized artery! At start of maze, explain what the balloons represent (RBCs & WBCs). At end of maze, explain why the vessel narrows (Atherosclerosis!).

GNAW ON THESE DRUMSTICKS
Demonstrate reflexes with the reflex hammers.
Model of arm muscles from library to demonstrate how they work.
Pull on the tendons of the chicken legs to show how muscles move the bones.

THE SKINNY ON SKIN
Information about skin and fingerprints.
Show fingerprints?

THE WORLD WE SEE
The display explains how vision is created by illustrating the anatomy of the eye, how both eyes work together, etc. The display also includes information on cool visual phenomena such as afterimages, optical illusions, 3D images, etc.
Large model of the eye including eye muscles so kids can make the eye move!
One side has pictures to demonstrate how people with color blindness see. The other side has 3D images to be viewed with glasses!
Kids can use their 3D glasses to watch Spy Kids.

OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
What happens when the brain tricks itself? This display has a variety of optical illusion puzzles for kids to solve. Volunteers provide the answers and explanations.
Images are Escher, wheels, and leaves. More examples of optical illusions for demonstration.

WHAT’S THAT SMELL: YOUR NOSE KNOWS
Display board includes information on how the nose works, smell vs. taste, how a dog's sense of smell differs, and something every kid knows about - snot!
Kids explore the sense of smell with a smell guessing game.

GREAT TASTE: YOUR TERRIFIC TONGUE
Includes information about 5 basic tastes, how the tongue works, and microscopic pictures of parts of the tongue!
What are the 5 basic tastes? Kids learn by tasting samples and guessing!

FEEL IT OUT: TACTILE TOUCH
Information about different types of sensations, reflexes, the homuculus, and braille.
Kids have to stick their hands in covered boxes to guess what they're feeling. Hopefully it's not something gross!
We have push-pins and markers so that kids can punch out their name in braille and then decorate!

PLAY IT BY EAR
How loud is too loud, what is pitch, how to use a tuning fork to test hearing, etc.
Kids learn about decibels to try to protect their hearing.
Kids can play with different sounds!

YOUR BROKEN BRAIN
Information about brain disease including degenerative disorders and the effects of drugs.

DNA DECODED
Explain what about DNA, then help kids extract it from a strawberry!
Strawberries have octoploid DNA and so it can be extracted! Guide kids through the process.

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON
Teach kids about cool inherited traits and see if they have any!

MIND BOGGLING BODY MATTERS
Fun facts about the human body

TRACE YOURSELF
Kids will collect die-cut organs from the systems booths around the Museum. Help kids trace around themselves, then help them figure out where their organs go!

MICROSCOPE STATION
Kids become scientists when they examine real pathology from a real slide with a real microscope!

SCIENCE EXTRAVAGANZA
Dat Le goes through a sequence of awesome science experiments, Bill Nye-style.

SPANISH-SPEAKING FLOATERS
Move around the Med Museum area to help translate to our Spanish-speaking visitors. We also need a door greeter!