The Utah State Office of Education is determined to protect little eyes from the artfully displayed cadavers at "Body Worlds 3," the newly opened exhibit at The Leonardo.

According to this story that aired this morning on NPR station KCPW, the Office of Education is recommending that teachers not take elementary or middle-school students to the exhibit, saying the show is "too graphic" for sensitive youngsters.

Further, the Office of Education's warning suggests that the only high-schoolers who should go are those who are studying anatomy or physiology.

Having seen the exhibit, I agree that the polymerized views of internal organs, muscles and blood vessels is a little unsettling. Certainly parents should use caution before letting their elementary-age children go. But middle schoolers? That's putting the "you must be this tall to ride this attraction" bar rather high.

So far, the Office of Education's advisory isn't phasing The Leonardo. According to the KCPW story, field trips for 10,000 Utah students have already been booked.

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