January 28–April 11, 2009

Main Gallery

Explore the human body from head to toe with the exhibition Head to Toe. The 2,000-square-foot exhibition, created by Pacific Science Center, features fun and interesting hands-on activities, while presenting the human body as a fascinating and complex machine!

What does a radiologist see when she looks at an X-ray? Can you tell a herbivore from a carnivore by looking at their skulls? Can you distinguish between popular candies and prescription drugs? Head to Toe answers these questions and more as it explores five fascinating topic areas: skeletons, organs, the senses, general health and general body facts.

Visitors become radiologists as they examine X-rays and learn to distinguish broken bones from healthy ones, and inspect real animal skulls to discover which animals have a strong sense of smell and which have binocular vision.

Visitors can also test their ability to tell the difference between popular candies and prescription or over-the-counter drugs by taking a flip-top quiz with real samples, and then learn how hard the human heart works by using a hand pump to keep pace with a simulated heartbeat.

Funding for this exhibition was provided by Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.