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The Genetics with a Twist exhibit at The Tech Museum in San Jose,
California, lets visitors do genetic engineering. They have a staff
person on hand at the exhibit to help.
Lucille L. Day, Ph.D.
Director
Hall of Health
Hands-on Health Museum
Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland
2065 Kittredge St., Suite F
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 549-9381 - Phone
(510) 549-9682 - Fax
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On Thursday, January 11, 2007, at 03:58 PM, Glenn A. Walsh wrote:
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>> Does anyone know of an
>> exhibit/area in a
>> science or children's museum, other than an actual
>> classroom or lab, that
>> gives visitors a role-playing/hands-on experience of
>> working in a science
>> lab?
>
> Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute
> of Popular Science [1939-1991] started a "Discovery
> Lab" program in one of Buhl's classrooms [formerly
> called "Lab 1"] in the late 1980s. The Discovery Lab
> primarily demonstrated principles of the physical
> sciences to visitors, including lasers, electronics
> and electricity, etc. Also, a mini-planetarium dome
> was included in the Discovery Lab. They did some
> chemistry experiments as well.
>
>> Ideally, this would be a room or area that could be
>> used by children without
>> staff facilitation,
>
> The Discovery Lab did need to be staffed by a Buhl
> Planetarium Floor staff person or by a volunteer.
> Several volunteers made the Discovery Lab their
> specialty.
>
> gaw
>
> --- Sarah Fisk <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:08:55 -0500
> From: "Sarah Fisk" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [CHILDMUS] Science lab as exhibit
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
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>> Please post to list. I would be interested in this
>> information as well.
>>
>> Sarah Fisk
>> Director of Education and Museum Experience
>> The Children's Museum of Science and Technology
>> 250 Jordan Road
>> Troy, NY 12180
>> www.cmost.com
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>> 518-235-2120 ext. 209
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
>> Of Andrea Stark
>> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:41 PM
>> To: childmus; Informal Science Education Network
>> Subject: [CHILDMUS] Science lab as exhibit
>>
>> Maine Discovery Museum is Maine's largest children's
>> museum, and our target
>> audience is childen from birth to age 12 and their
>> accompanying adults.
>> We're beginning to discuss possible collaborations
>> with a genetics research
>> lab in our area, and I've been following recent
>> postings about genetics
>> exhibits with some interest. Does anyone know of an
>> exhibit/area in a
>> science or children's museum, other than an actual
>> classroom or lab, that
>> gives visitors a role-playing/hands-on experience of
>> working in a science
>> lab?
>>
>> Ideally, this would be a room or area that could be
>> used by children without
>> staff facilitation, though the space and activities
>> could be "opened up" and
>> augmented when staff or volunteers were available
>> and there could be access
>> to running water.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Andrea Stark
>> Executive Director
>> Maine Discovery Museum
>> 74 Main St.
>> Bangor, ME 04401
>> 207-262-7200
>> www.mainediscoverymuseum.org
>
> gaw
>
> Glenn A. Walsh
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> NEWS - Astronomy, Space, Science:
> < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news >
> Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
> * Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh:
> < http://www.planetarium.cc >
> * Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
> < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
> * Astronomer & Optician John A. Brashear:
> < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
> * Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries:
> < http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc >
> * Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh:
> < http://www.incline.cc >
>
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