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Wednesday, October 13, 2004

School of Gore

In Part 1 of School of Gore, we saw the kids dissecting the tiny, little aliens. Now for the incredible, exciting conclusion of ... SCHOOL OF GORE ...

PART 2



The challenge for the second half of the March Break alien autopsy activity was to create a large-scale alien for dissection (pictured above, under construction). This was a collaborative project: one kid built a skeleton out of wood, another kid made "lungs" out of plastic pop bottles, and the rest contributed eyes, a skull and other organs. We put everything together in their proper places and covered the mix with a few layers of wax, to hold it all together.



The kids were very serious for this dissection. The lights were out, the overhead was on and everyone was dressed in operating gear and ready to cut.

During dissection, the children's favourite task was removing the intestines and opening them up. To create the intestines, we filled stringy balloons with coloured dough to get that true-gore effect.



There's nothing kids like better than seeing something ooze out of a sliced intestine ... and celebrity guests! Ralph Benmergui, who was then the much-loathed host of a variety show on CBC, stopped in, watched some of the action and left forever changed.

Potheads also like the intestinal action. For years afterwards, musician friends used to come over so they could get baked and watch the video of the kids slicing and dicing.



I made sure that the kids included lots of other goodies to poke and prod and retrieve during the operation because it's fun to find things.



I like this shot because it reminds me of the dissection scene in John Carpenter's Thing remake. Except with a nine-year-old girl. Someone should remake the Thing with kids, I'd buy that for a dollar!



And there's your host in another lifetime. Thanks for hangin' out at the School of Gore!
 

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