Study Burps at The Grossology Museum

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Sounds like a great exhibit! See burps, farts and stinky feet.

From NCTimes.com here:

Although a burp machine and stinky foot box are bound to cause giggles and snorts, Siboroski said there’s real science behind the silliness in “Grossology.”

The target audience for the exhibit is grades four through six, Siboroski said. “That’s the age when boys and girls begin to discover their bodies and they ask questions about why things are and the way things are. This exhibit allows them to learn all about their bodies in a fun and interesting way.”

Among the 2,500-square-foot exhibit’s featured attractions are the Vomit Center, where children can learn about the process of vomiting (and listen to the associated retching sounds). Kids can create a giant belch at the Burp Machine (which creates a build-up of acid in a container with soda pop). They can climb up a large rubberized replica wall of “human skin” where scabs, pimples and blisters serve as toe- and finger-holds. They can explore the role of the kidney by playing the “Urine” video game.

You can get full details at the Fleet Science Center’s website here.