Science Center (Grossology)

After church today we jumped in the car and went down to the science center. They have an exhibit right now on the human body. It's called Grossology. We (meaning I) really wanted to see it. While trying to find parking I saw the coolest USPS mailbox I've ever seen. So I made sure that our path from the car to the science museum went past it. When we got to it I had to get a picture, I think you'll agree that it's incredible.
Next we went on in to the Science Center. When we got there and went in they were having a demonstration on combustion it was pretty cool. This picture is a balloon bursting that has hydrogen and oxygen in it. The guy popped it with a poker that had a flame on it. Basically he blew stuff up and talked about combustion being a combination of fuel, oxygen and heat. From there we checked out the dinosaurs. Levi thought that they were great he kept pointing at them.We skipped all the main exhibits and went straight for Grossology. Each display on what the human body does was really well done. Josh liked this one on burping and Mackenzie liked the giant nose. Joanna took a picture of it, but there were so many people in the nose so I didn't put it up here. Mackenzie and Levi played in the nose and throat playground. Levi had a wonderful time crawling through the throat.I saw this sign and had to take a picture. I knew that every mom out there would just love to know this little known fact. Just think if you were not born here in the USA. Then we went and watched an imax on the human body. It covered basically everything and I was worried at one point when there were all these sperm swimming all over the place and it was explaining how the sperm and egg work. All Josh talked about was that the sperm were like little people because of something they said. I'll tell him a little more, but at this age I'm going to wait for him to ask. I know he'll ask me when he wants to know. He's just like that. Josh thought it was really gross when they showed the food inside the stomach churning around. Mackenzie wasn't really phased by any of it. She's got a strong stomach. On the way out we checked out the Whale's Tail sculpture and Josh helped Mackenzie get up by putting her on his shoulders. He then tried to run and jump up, but it was too high and I had to give him a hand. Mackenzie saw Josh slide down and so she followed suit.
After dinner we ended up passing this sculpture which was right by our car. Josh loved the idea of getting into the race.