WATCH the poo palace in action

HMRI 'poo palace' is teaching kids about digestion and good health

Transcript

00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - Learn about what is healthy digestion,

00:23 and of course poo, because kids love poo,

00:25 and you can learn an awful lot about

00:27 how healthy your digestion is from looking at your poo.

00:29 (upbeat music)

00:32 - Lucas, why are you excited to be at the science fair today?

00:43 - Well, there's two reasons, to see my friends,

00:47 friends, and to see stuff explode.

00:49 (upbeat music)

00:52 - We need to make sure that our young people

00:57 are exposed to science and beyond

01:00 just what's taught in the classroom,

01:01 but some of the real world applications

01:04 of amazing science and innovation

01:06 that comes out of the University of Newcastle

01:07 and HMRI in particular.

01:09 - What have you been doing over here, Lucas?

01:11 Can you show me?

01:13 - I was just making a tower.

01:15 - How did you do it?

01:16 - It's all been taken--

01:17 - Yeah, you can show me.

01:19 (upbeat music)

01:22 - You take out the one box, you put it on there,

01:24 then you hold it again,

01:26 and three,

01:28 and four,

01:32 and then there's only one--

01:34 (upbeat music)

01:36 (upbeat music)