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In "Scan Me", guests step into a scanning zone where their weight,
height, and BMI are automatically calculated and displayed.
Guests are prompted to input their data onto a touch screen
for a retrievable database for feedback sampling and
evaluation.
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Weight Gain
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Guest step on a set of scales that go from healthy to
unhealthy weights in "Weight Gain". Text , graphics and video explain how
unhealthy weight gains can effect: Coronary Heart Disease,
Type 2 diabetes, cancers, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia,
Stroke, liver and gallbladder disease, Sleep Apnea,
respiratory problems, and Osteoarthritis.
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Free Weight |
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The weight of fat carried on a body is dramatically
illustrated as guests lift a set of weights representing
“body fat” that go from 1 to 25 pounds in "Free Weight". Text, graphics and
video further illustrate the concept.
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Fat Burner |
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In "Fat Burner", guests stack foam layers of skin with
varying sizes of fat layers dramatically showing the effects
on the epidermis and other layers when smaller and larger
fat layers are used. Text and graphics explain how fat
deposits on the body. |
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Healthy Cafe |
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In a themed cafeteria, guests select their meals via touch
screen in "Healthy Cafe". Selections are totaled at the cash register and
show nutrient levels in the form of food labels on the
products. Alternately, plastic foods with bar codes can be
utilized instead of the touch screen selections. Text and
graphics further explain the importance of healthy choices.
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Healthy Balance |
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In "Healthy Balance", guests balance a scale for Diabetes with “weights” added
representing diet, exercise and family history. Insulin
“weights” can be added when there is a diagnosis of
Diabetes. Text, graphics and video explain the role of the
pancreas in regulating sugar in the body, hyperglycemia,
hypoglycemia and the importance of insulin. |
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Pedal Power |
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Two stationary bikes allow each participant to check his or
her endurance and get feedback about expending energy (input
vs. calorie expenditure) in "Pedal Power". Text and graphics depict a scale
of how long it would take to ride off the calories for
example foods. |
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Overdrive |
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In "Overdrive", guests sit in a driving simulator that skews their abilities
to drive as more alcohol is added. Through text , graphics
and programming, guests will learn about alcohol's effects
on the developing brain, organs, skin, nervous system,
breast, esophagus, mouth, larynx and other parts of the body
as well as binge drinking effects on the reproductive
system.
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Up In Smoke |
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In "Up in Smoke", guests see the life altering effects of smoking on models of
the mouth, tongue and esophagus with each showing healthy
and diseased tissue. Guests can also pump a lever and see
the effects of “breathing” on a healthy lung and on a
smoking lung affected by disease. Text, graphics and video
further explain smoking-related diseases and the need for
screening. |
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Open Wide |
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"Open Wide!" takes children on an exciting journey into
their mouth. Trek and Rip teach children about proper dental
hygiene. Children can then play dentist as they brush,
floss, drill, air suction with non-invasive tools. Children
can also pull out a big tongue out of the mouth. A large
monitor above the mouth shows the actual areas of taste
receptors for reference. Children Velcro items of food that
are bitter, salty, sweet or sour onto the tongue. The
educator can check flood placement for accuracy. After
placing the tongue back in the mouth and removing the food
items, the educator can also articulate the mouth to move up
and down upon a prop piece of food demonstrating the
ripping, tearing and chewing capability of the mouth.
Educators reinforce good dental hygiene practices and can
explain the mouth more in detail. |
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drugstore
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Using a bar code reader, guests select drug-related items as
a computer program tallies the cost of drug use on their
lives in "Drugstore". Guests can select options in this computer program
that include profiles of drug users, dramatizations of how
each drug of abuse works, and explanations of drug abuse
risk factors, addiction and recovery.
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Invisible World |
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In "Invisible World", guests step into the invisible world of “germs” in a black
light room and discover good hygiene habits to help combat
bacteria and viruses from entering the body and spreading
from person to person. Areas of germ entry and transference
are emphasized such as the skin, nose, mouth and eyes.
Text, graphics and video further illustrate the concepts
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Heart Beats |
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Guests grip handles and see their heartbeat displayed on an
8x size heart in "Heart Beats". The heart also serves as a model for
discovering the features of a human heart and how the
arteries connect to the heart. Text , graphics and video
explain how poor diet, smoking, and a lack of physical
activity affects the heart and arteries. |
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Healthy heart |
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In "Healthy Heart", guests pump air bubbles through a tube of viscous fluid
representing a healthy artery and through a tube
representing cholesterol plaque build-up to see and compare
the difference of air bubble flows. Guests can also pump
“blood” (air) into an “artery” and see the results of too
much pressure as areas of the artery distend beyond its
walls and thereby dramatically illustrating hypertension.
Text , graphics and video help explain the need to lower
cholesterol and blood pressure through a healthy lifestyle
as well as to take any needed medicine.
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Skin Deep I |
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Guests view the future effects of ultraviolet light exposure
on their skin in "Skin Deep". Each person has their picture taken with a
standard digital portrait camera and then with an Infra Red
camera. The two pictures are displayed side by side on a
large LCD screen where startling comparisons can be seen
between the two photos. Skin damage can easily be seen in
the infra red spectrum. The accompanying text, graphics and
video discuss ways to help prevent skin cancer due to over
exposure to UV light. |
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Brain Lab |
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In a hands-on glovebox station, guests can closely examine
an entire brain and explore some of the main parts of the
brain such as the cortex, corpus callosum, thalamus,
cerebellum and brain stem. Text and graphics further explain
the effects of alcoholism and drug use on the brain. |
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Breast Exam |
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In "Breast Exam", guests view a breast cross-section model that depicts adenocarcinoma, cysts, fibroadenoma, and infiltrating
scirrhous carcinoma and are able to see copies of a real
mammogram x-ray showing healthy breasts and unhealthy
breasts with varying sizes of lumps, both normal and
cancerous. They will also be able to touch and compare the
sizes of lumps that can be detected through exams and
mammograms and then use a breast soft tissue model with
imbedded cancer nodules that properly teaches technique for
breast self-exams. Text and graphics also illustrate the
importance of breast exams. |
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Breathe Easy |
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In "Breathe Easy", guests can also pump a lever and see the effects of
“breathing” on a healthy lung and on a lung affected
by disease. Text, graphics and video further explain
smoking-related diseases. |
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Communication Station |
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The "Communication Station" explores speech and hearing as
well as other forms of communication such as sign language
and Braille. Children can experiment with hearing and how it
can change as well as compare the hearing of animals to
humans. They will also see how their speech pattern looks
and learn that everyone has different speech
characteristics. Children will also type in their name to
see what their name looks like in Braille, as well as in
sign language. |
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Eye Know You
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The "Eye Robot" showcases a large plasma eye. A flat screen
monitor is located on the side of the torso. look close-up.
An eye animation that reacts to the increased/decreased
light that is tied to a rheostat. A monitor with the eye is
in a cavity in the center of the eye robot and the lights
are around the perimeter. The pupil of the eye reacts to the
rheostat as well as the light. On the outside monitor,
children can experiment with a variety of optical illusions
and eye tests. Near-sighted and far-sighted vision are
examined as well as elementary level eye charts to test
vision.
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Nose Job |
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The "Nose Job" demonstrates just how effectively the nose
filters dust, dirt and other things floating around in the
air from reaching our lungs. Children step up to a large
3-dimensional nose and insert their hands into the nostrils.
In the left nostril, the child pushes and then releases a
switch, which activates a camera view of the nose "inhaling"
and debris being caught in nose hairs. In the right nostril,
the children will "feel" slimy and rubbery textures inside
the nose for a "gross" hands-on, but fun illustration of
mucus. Two flat screen monitors resembling glasses, and
placed where eyes would be, explore fun facts about smell,
sneezes, etc. |
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Skin Deep II |
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The "Skin Deep" station explores skin physiology, proper and
preventative skin care,. A monitor is connected to a
magnifying camera which allows the children to see their
skin closer than ever before. In an interactive computer
game children identify and select necessary items they would
need for a day at the beach and place the items on and
around Trek & Rip computer characters. |
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Spine Tinglers |
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n the "Spine Tinglers", children learn the basic components
of the human spine. There is an alternating series of round
discs (vertebrae) and small inner tubes (discs) stacked onto
a central shaft (spinal cord). At the top there is a wheel
handle that children are invited to turn (simulating spinal
column compression). If the spine compression is too much,
they can see the effects of limited flexibility and disc
distortion. When loosened, the students can see the mobility
that the spine has regained. The educator can also replace a
healthy disc with a ruptured disc and demonstrate some
causes of back problems. An illustration of common and
uncommon spinal injuries is displayed on a flat monitor as
well as an overall graphic of nerve and spinal column
systems. A scaled human model demonstrates proper lifting
techniques. Correct and incorrect postures are taught. |
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Life Lines |
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A large screen presentation ties all the information
together and encourages students and adults alike to make
healthy choices! |
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World Health |
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Guests can see world health issues in either real time or
text and graphic form. |
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