THIS SATURDAY! Amazing Anatomy event on Saturday 12 October at the Grant Museum

The Centre for Integrative Anatomy is celebrating World Anatomy Day, by running an exciting, hands-on event in the Grant Museum, London, from 11:00-15:00 on Saturday, 12 October 2024. All, including families, are welcome; advance booking recommended. Anatomy is amazing!

We are helping to celebrate World Anatomy Day, by running (in advance) an Amazing Anatomy event in the Grant Museum, London, from 11:00-15:00 on Saturday, 12 October 2024.

This is a day suitable for both individuals of all ages and groups, including families. It will be very hands-on, with a host of fun, varied and interesting activities available in which to participate. There will be no boring talks, but plenty of expert anatomists from our Centre on hand to answer questions - from the straightforward (what is this bone called?) to the more complex (how did the skull get to be that shape?).

For further information and to book (places are limited, so booking ensures you get in at the 11am start), register here, or explore here or read on!

There will be two trails (or answer-hunts) that people can follow round the museum – one will comprise photos of relevant bits of different swimming animals, and the other will focus more generally on animal skeletons.

There will be a ‘children’s’ craft table (not limited to children!) in the centre, where they can colour, make anatomy-related badges, sew felt organs, put stickers on gut parts, make pipe cleaner skeletons (very cool!), etc.

There are also two word-search puzzles that can be done either in the museum or taken home.

We shall also have some higher-tech available, being an 'Anatomage table' – essentially like a giant iPad, showing a human body!

There will also be one table for learning about human anatomy, showing models of body parts; and another for exploring comparative-evolutionary anatomy, using skulls examples.

 

At this second table, we can think about and explore:

- how different dentitions (arrangements & type of teeth) can reveal information about the animal's diet;

- human modification of phenotype (physical appearance) of animals (e.g. comparing normal v inbred dogs) and how it can shed light on what nature does in evolution;

- convergence - the independent evolution of similar features at very different times - using a 3D-printed thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) in conjunction with a dog skull; and

- other various specialised animals like the sloth, the tree shrew, etc, also 3D-printed.

Anyone who comes to this table will be encouraged to go around the museum to look for other examples of convergence or diet specialisation, for example.

For further information and to book (places are limited, so booking ensures you get in at the 11am start), register here or explore here.

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