Whole Foods Market® at the District at Green Valley Ranch will donate 5 percent of store sales on Wednesday, July 1 to Lied Discovery Children’s Museum. Individual Whole Foods Market stores give back to the communities they serve by holding Five Percent Days, which support local charitable, nonprofit organizations.

The community is encouraged to shop at the Whole Foods Market in the District at Green Valley Ranch, 100 S. Green Valley Parkway, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1. Museum representatives will be available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to answer questions and provide more information about new exhibits, such as Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body, on display through Sept. 7.

Lied Discovery Children's Museum is proud to announce the arrival of its summer traveling exhibition, Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body. Based on the best-selling children's books by Sylvia Branzei, the exhibition teaches children and families how the body works with a scientific focus on runny noses, body odor and other unmentionables. Visitors will be able to learn how your nose acts as an air filter and mucus producer, mimic the buildup of acid indigestion at the burp machine and climb on a large replica of human skin, among many other activities.

Grossology is on display in the museum's Cultural Gallery from June 6 through September 7, 2009.

The Epicurean Charitable Foundation Las Vegas has joined forces with Lied Discovery Children’s Museum to create It’s Your Choice, a nutrition exhibition opened on March 28, 2009.

Families, children and parents can experience this fun and interactive exhibition designed to highlight the importance of developing healthy eating habits for a healthy life. Located on the second floor of the museum, It’s Your Choice’s messages revolve around a wide range of food that inspire parent/child interaction and conversation about healthy eating habits. The exhibit features seven components that include: From Dirt to Dinner: The Path of a Potato, Let’s Make a Deal, Find Your Balance, Cleaning out the Fridge, Seeing Spots, and Super Foods. Each area features interactive components to help teach kids in a fun, exciting way.

Lied Discovery Children's Museum has gone green! One of the museum's most popular, longstanding exhibits, the Everyday Living Pavilion, received a $335,000 renovation, transforming it into the Green Village exhibition, opened on February 21, 2009.

The new permanent first‐floor facility, a mini‐city with an environmentally friendly focus, includes a State Capitol, NV Energy office, airport terminal, car care center, plumbing exhibit, Bank of America and Smith's grocery store. Through hands‐on, interactive displays, the Green Village offers young visitors a fun way to explore jobs and responsibility with the added bonus of green living tips and a lesson in sustainability every step of the way.

The Green Village is sponsored by the Lied Foundation Trust, NV Energy, The Fireman's Fund Heritage Program, The Ritter Charitable Trust, Richard Worthington, James Manning, Bank of America and Smith's Food and Drug Stores.

The groundbreaking human rights exhibition Torn From Home: My Life as a Refugee, created in Las Vegas by Lied Discovery Children's Museum and sponsored by Pamela and Pierre Omidyar, will open its North American tour in March 2009 at the Don Harrington Discovery Center in Amarillo, Texas.

Designed to educate children ages 8-12 what it means to be a refugee, Torn From Home provides visitors an opportunity to learn about and discuss the challenges faced by families all over the world. After making its debut last year at Lied Discovery Children's Museum in Las Vegas, the 1,500-square-foot exhibition begins its tour in Texas from March 7 through May 17 before moving on to the InfoZone News Museum in Pueblo, Colo., from May 30 to September 6. The exhibition is scheduled for a 2010 return to Las Vegas. Future tour stops include Boston, Atlanta, Indianapolis and Ontario, Canada.

For more information, visit http://www.tornfromhome.com.

Adventures with Clifford The Big Red Dog opens at Lied Discovery Children's Museum Saturday, January 17 through May 24, 2009. The exhibit is locally sponsored by Target and Vegas PBS.

Inspired by Scholastic Entertainment's top-rated TV show Clifford The Big Red Dog on PBS KIDS, the exhibit offers numerous immersive "paws-on" adventures that reinforce "Clifford's Big Ideas" -- ten simple tangible life lessons designed to help young children navigate their world, including Share, Play Fair, Have Respect, Work Together, Be Responsible, Be Truthful, Be Kind, Believe in Yourself, Be a Good Friend and Help Others.

Kids can visit a colossal nine-foot high Clifford with a tail to slide down, just like Emily Elizabeth does on the television show. Children can help fill Clifford's big dog bowl with bones using a conveyor belt, and create sand art and find "bone"-ifide treasures at T-Bone's Beach.  Browse the Norman Bridwell Art Retrospective and see 40 years (that's 280 dog-years!) of artwork and stories by the creator and award-winning author of Clifford The Big Red Dog.