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Yeah, we had water ripples in mind when we did the overhead  
projectors, got lost in the shuffle.  Thanks for the reminder!  Credit  
to Karen Wilkerson and Mike Petrich from the Learning Studio at  
exploratorium for the wind tube idea.

Maybe there is an ambient soundscape that we can come up with that is  
evocative but not overbearing.

Eric Siegel
esiegel at nyscience dot org



On Jan 26, 2009, at 6:11 PM, Jeff Courtman wrote:

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> Eric:  Great use of youtube.  Seeing the overhead projector reminded  
> me of a simple project David Sanders created for The Science Place  
> (through the Exploratorium's/NSF staff training project).
>
> Dave build a small plex container, about 2 inches high, and about  
> the size of the projecting area, creating a very simple, easy-to- 
> manipulate ripple tank.  I think we used a small squeeze bulb (about  
> the size we used to use to clean our children's noses). You can  
> create puffs of air, or you can drip drops of water into the 'tank'  
> and the wave patterns are quite visible.  You can obviously add  
> simple cut out acrylic shapes to look at reflections, etc.
> Very nice and very simple use of shadows to help make the invisible  
> visible.
>
> I give a second big thumbs down to ambient music.  Another reason,  
> besides staff insanity, is needing a volume control that responds to  
> ambient sound level in the room.  Doable, but do you really want to?
>
> Loved the play idea of making structures and feeding into the wind  
> silos.  I would probably want to put some of these shapes on a stick  
> (like the cutouts) so they could be studied a bit more as they  
> turned.....
>
> Thanks for the chance to kibbitz and kudos for your staff for  
> offering this up for critique!
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