Ms. Sylvia Branzei

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  The 1995 book by Sylvia Branzei has come to life in a traveling museum exhibit that is making a stop at the Children's Museum, 207 Fifth Ave. S., through May 24.
  
  The colorful exhibit aims to get kids interested in science and have them walking away saying science is fun, Branzei said.
  
  Since its inception, Grossology has captivated children and convinced them to take better care of themselves, she said. Hearing about bacteria all over their bodies has a tendency to encourage hand-washing.
  
  Branzei, a former junior high school science teacher ran the concept of teaching kids about the less desirable bodily functions by her stepchildren and the fifth- and sixth-graders she taught after school, and they were all excited by it.
  
  Years later, Branzei said the book and traveling museum exhibit work by exciting kids on many levels.
  
  "I think that ... children like to experience emotion, and disgust is a strong emotion," she said.

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  But hey, it's the body and it's a fascinating machine," said Sylvia Branzei, "professor" of Gut and Gurgle U and well-known author of the book series and national touring exhibit Grossology®.

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  filled The Great Hall at the Bettendorf Family Museum Saturday as Sylvia Branzei, also known as "Her Grossness," made grand presentations of the un-presentable.
  
  The two demonstrations were a part of the Kidtastic series at the museum. At the 1 p.m. show, more than 40 children and their parents sprinkled the floor in front of the gross stage and some stood in the back, prepared to be grossed out.
  
  Ms. Branzei took the stage and explained she founded Grossology about 15 years ago when she was clipping her toenails and wondering about the gunk underneath them. She now travels all over the world, educating people of all ages about some nasty bodily functions that are entirely healthy and necessary.
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  Barf," Ms. Branzei taught the audience a little bit about vomit, the No. 1 most disgusting thing that your body does, she said of a survey that was once conducted.
  
  Ms. Branzei explained that vomiting is important for your body. She pointed to a spot on her head behind her ear and near the edge of her hairline, explaining that the "vomit center" located there tells the stomach when it needs to vomit. "It's trying to help you," she said.
  
  She then demonstrated how to make easy, fake, edible vomit.
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  Next, Ms. Branzei and "Professor Snot," Kole Sommer, 5, from Bettendorf, taught the group a few things about snot and how to make a fake version.
  
  The average person's body makes about a quart of snot a day, Ms. Branzei said. This snot covers the tiny hairs in our noses, trapping pollen and other pollutants. When the snot dries, it forms boogers.
  
  "So if you eat your boogers, don't!" Ms. Branzei said, because you're actually eating pollutants your body was trying to filter.
  
  "Dr. Dookey," volunteer Harper Clark, 4, from Bettendorf, had a blast helping Ms. Branzei make "a nice little dookey log" out of some common cooking ingredients. Ms. Branzei first grossed the crowd out by taking a bite.
  
  The crowd also learned that people, on average, toot about 14 to 15 times a day. "Count how many times you toot tomorrow!" Ms. Branzei said.

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  Animal Grossology, based on educator Sylvia Branzei's book of the same name, is designed to be educational and entertaining.

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  The answer: Sylvia Branzei, a science teacher in northern California. She taught school for years, but "Grossology" came to her in an instant.
  
  "It was a complete epiphany," she said in a telephone interview.
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  In 1995, Branzei wrote a book called "Grossology.
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  "Every four years you get a whole new batch of kids, so it's all new to them," Branzei said.

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  Based upon the "best-selling children's book" GROSSOLOGY by Sylvia Branzei, Grossology (the exhibition) presents all the "gross stuff" kids enjoy complete with interactive stations and scientific explanations to help teach the "not-so-flattering" components of the human body.
  
  Mrs. Sylvia Branzei, a former science teacher, is the innovator of Grossology or the "idea of teaching science through gross things."

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  Grossology is somewhat of a phenomenon, beginning as a best-selling illustrated book by author and grade school science teacher Sylvia Branzei and spawning sequels including Animal Grossology and Grossology Begins at Home.

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  Teacher Sylvia Branzei said she was trimming her toenails many years ago when it dawned on her: the bodily functions we might consider "gross" are still vital and can be taught to kids in a fun way.
  
  She decided right then to promote science in an unusual way and wrote her first book: "Grossology."
  
  On Saturday, Branzei visited the Family Museum in Bettendorf to teach two sessions of this fun science. Six hundred children and caregivers came to take part, and some even brought books for her to autograph.
  
  "I was here a few years ago, and it's always great," said Branzei, who now tours all over to "spread the gross word."
  
  "The most important thing is to learn your science," she told the slightly wiggly but attentive crowd. Branzei showed how to create some "yucky" things, which she presented in terms typically used by children.
  
  Making barf
  
  "The brain tells you when to throw up," said Branzei. "The body is trying to take care of you."
  
  She pointed out that animals including wolves, penguins and cows use that process as "an important part of their lives."
  
  With a volunteer she dubbed "Dr. Barf," the following edible version was created on Saturday.
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  Branzei said that 70 percent of people surveyed admit to picking their noses. A huge banner displayed the word Rhinotillexomania, another word for nose-picking.
  
  "Every single day we make 1 quart of snot," she said.
  
  She explained that nose hairs "fly back and forth 10 times per second" to filter what we breathe and typically we just swallow the dirt and germs that otherwise would be collected.
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  Create a supersaturated solution of Borax (from the laundry section of the grocery store) — "cross-linking molecules to pull everything together," Branzei said.
  
  Add some of the Borax solution to the mixture and mix until gooey
  
  Making poop
  
  Farm animals produce manure, bats have guano, and this normal body process is scientifically called "peristaltic rush," said Branzei, who encouraged the children to use the phrase at school to "make it sound important."

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  A collaboration between Science World, Advanced Exhibits, a division of Advanced Animations, LLC, and Grossology author Sylvia Branzei.

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