You use one every day, but how often do you get to see a real, human brain? You use your eyes all the time, too, but how often do you think about how they actually work - or get to see inside them? A few hundred Detroit-area children will have a chance to learn all about the brain, eyes and lots of other body parts as they participate in the Wayne State University School of Medicine's Future Docs event on Saturday, April 30.

Children, aged 6 to 12, will participate in fun, hands-on experiences related to medicine and the human body. In addition to studying human brains and eyes, children will have a chance to use a portable ultrasound and learn about how such an instrument is used on the international space station; see their hearts beat; build a "lung"; tour an ambulance; and find out the genes behind why some earlobes are attached while others aren't.

More than 300 people attended the event last year; as many as 500 could participate this year. Future Docs will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, April 30, in Scott Hall. For more information, please contact (313) 577-1474 or lherma@med.wayne.edu.