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Alissa
Check Amazon-dot-com for Craig Bohrens' excellent little book, "Clouds in a glass of beer" .  It is a stimulating look at many simple meteorological-related experiments and their interpretation.  
Al Read, Science Discovery Center of Oneonta, NY


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From: Informal Science Education Network on behalf of Daniels, Alissa
Sent: Sat 10/30/2004 12:47 PM
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Subject: weather: ideas please?
 
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I'm looking for suggestions on simple activities to do about the
weather...anythign about why/how weather happens, how to "make your own"
weather, weather instruments, etc.

Limits:
*Our audience is pretty young (read, short attention span) so anything that
says "Wait 1/2 hour" is just not going to fly.
*We're really not supposed to use matches. I know a lot of activities want
you to heat things with a match or bunsen burner, but that's kind of a
no-no.

Thanks for any ideas. Please feel free to respond off-list.
--AD

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Alissa Daniels, Science Program Manager
Boston Children's Museum
617-426-6500 x342
www.BostonChildrensMuseum.org
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new
discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny..."   --Isaac
Asimov
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