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Episode 160- Gross Science
Date:03/08/2009
WARNING, WARNING! Vomiting, farting, burping and sweating, this episode of SCOPE is all about the science of all things gross!
Gross Science 101
There are so many gross things out there that you can study or research but you don't have to go very far to find it, our body has many gross functions and Dr Rob will give you the full low down on it.
TO WATCH GROSS SCIENCE 101 CLICK HERE
Experiment- Fake Diarrhoea
Out of all our bodily functions poo is pretty gross and diarrhoea is even worse! Even grosser than that is Diarrhoea that you can eat, and Julia will show you how to make some that you can get stuck into.
FOR PDF OF EXPERIMENT CLICK HERE
TO WATCH FAKE DIARRHOEA EXPERIMENT CLICK HERE
Waste Water Plant
What is gross and stinky and about 700,000 people contribute to it, simply by flushing their toilet? A Waste Water Treatment Plant and Mark Biebrick from a treatment plant in South Australia will tell you how they turn sewage water into clean water.
Taxidermy
Kym Haines from the Melbourne Museum works with animals, but not the active type you are probably thinking of. Kym works in the business of preserving dead animals in a process called taxidermy.
Dung Beetles
Dr Robbie Wilson an ecologist from University of Queensland is studying an animal that lives, breathes and eats poo, literally. This animal is called the Dung Beetle.
Poo Research
Most people go out of their way to avoid animal poo. Not Ryan Chick and Dan Purdy wildlife scientist with the Department of Sustainability and Environment, they go in search of it.
So join Dr Rob on his adventures of all things gross in science as he once again proves that the ordinary really does become extraordinary under the SCOPE!
