I can push a ball of poop 50 times my weight uphill
Caught your attention, didn’t I?
I was reading some news on cnn.com today when I came across the headline “Know Thy Poop.” Great attention grabber for me!
The article is actually about a science exhibit that is travelling around the United States. The idea is to be funny while still teaching about the different “gross” animals and their habits.
Branzei said the target age is 8 to 12 but the exhibits try to accommodate everyone.
She said the idea came in 1993 when she was clipping her toenails. “It literally hit me: ‘What’s that gunk made of?’ Kids like gross stuff. I wanted to teach them science. It was born right then and there.”
Hey, I’m 26 and I find this stuff interesting. I like gross stuff too. 
Take a read of the article–you might actually learn something.
I am a science teacher, and my science olympiad team (don’t say Olympics!) are state champions. Gross stuff rocks!
Comment by Flyte44 — 3/18/2005 @ 5:06 pm
flyte44 - if you like gross stuff, heres something you can talk about in your science class: http://www.neillobrien.com/archives/2005/03/16/my-boil/
i got a nice boil on my back last week. it would be a good discussion in biology or something.
Comment by Neill — 3/19/2005 @ 2:38 pm
Well, it is gross so on a scale of one to ten, maybe a 6, add the pus from teh boil, definitely a 10. Yuck.
Comment by Flyte44 — 3/20/2005 @ 12:11 pm
so how did you end up finding tara’s site?
Comment by Neill — 3/20/2005 @ 1:27 pm