Gums to bum gruesome science fun at Fenland museum

Young visitors to Wisbech Museum on Saturday enjoyed some gruesome science as well as testing their engineering skills.

Cambridge Science Centre, which is running a project aimed at increasing young people’s interest in science across Fenland, ran a ‘Gums to bum’ workshop during the morning, where visitors had the opportunity to find out what happens the moment food enters the mouth to the moment it comes out the other end into the toilet.

Unfortunately, the centre’s staff who were due to lead the session, together with the one in the afternoon on ‘Building bridges’, were struck down by the lurgy and were unable to attend. However, volunteers at the museum stepped up to fill the breach and both sessions went ahead.

Joanne Staines, from Cambridge Science Centre, explained they are touring four Fenland town’s bringing science-based activities aimed at mainly primary-aged children.

They are also taking sessions into schools and running activities for groups including children who are home-educated or educated other than in a mainstream school.

The Cambridge Science Centre has already been in Chatteris and Ramsey. They are in Wisbech until November 18 and will be in March in January (dates and venue to be confirmed).

During the upcoming half-term Wisbech Museum will be open daily with free activities and shows from the centre with lots of science-based fun – and it is all free. Visit the museum’s Facebook page for more details.