ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** We do still have copies of guides for China - we keep EVERYTHING around here. Feel free to contact me off the list, if you are interested. Ilka Porter Education Coordinator [log in to unmask] 251-208-6886 Get grossed out with us this fall with HUMAN GROSSOLOGY - Opening October 5. Join us for a prehistoric adventure - SEA MONSTERS - in our IMAX Dome Theater - Opening October 5. -----Original Message----- From: Informal Science Education Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill Watson Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 1:51 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: science technology and china ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. **************************************************************************** * When I was at the Gulf Coast Exploreum (Mobile, AL), we hosted the traveling exhibition "China: 7,000 Years of Innovation," which also made stops in Vancouver and (I believe) Cleveland. It was also recently at the Singapore Science Center. (For pictures, visit: http://www.slide.com/s/t8yk5sfV5j_9mcDDMNwx0MsmBvf8ZV1x?dir=-1) If you contact someone at the Exploreum, they might still have a copy or two of the staff/volunteer guide, teachers' guide, and family guide that we developed and/or adapted from the materials used in Vancouver. Bill Bill Watson Research Assistant, SCALE-uP Doctoral Candidate, Curriculum & Instruction The George Washington University (202) 994-1171 www.gwu.edu/~scale-up -----Original Message----- From: Informal Science Education Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Daniels, Alissa Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 2:00 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: science technology and china ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ************************************************************************ ***** We at Boston Children's Museum are getting ready for a new exhibit about China. Our plan is to develop lots of related program in all our content areas, including science. I know China is responsible for a whole lot of inventions and engineering ideas including papermaking, printing, suspeension bridges, as well as a lot of advances in medicine, cartography and navigation. I"m looking for help in turning some of these ideas into managable floor activities. For example, how does one do Chinese papermaking? (as opposed to making paper from other paper, which a lot of us know how to do) If you have knowledge of some great China originated science or technology, I'd love to hear about it and/or how you would do a hands-on activitiy with it. thanks! AD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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!" 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