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Hi Bruce!

What about a GIANT chain reaction?!  Lots of materials to make a rube- 
goldbergian device, perhaps, that cuts the rope, sets off a diet coke/ 
mentos fountain, or ends with a bang.  You can give members of your  
audience a set space (maybe 3'x3'?) and access to raw materials to  
construct a mechanism to take an input from someone else's  
contraption and send an output to another's.  Lots of slow-moving  
motors, marbles, balls, dominoes, and other kinetic things that can  
they can build with.  They can be as whimsical as they like!   You  
can market ahead-of-time for the available spaces, you can make  
available to key stakeholders, or just have people sign up in the  
morning.  It'll take time to build, so folks should be prepared for  
30-minutes up to 2 hours to build.... At the appropriate time, set  
the devices, and let 'em rrrriiiiippppp.

If you have artists, engineers, or other folks in town who are  
willing, perhaps they can get a space to construct perhaps a more  
elaborate mechanism, or whatever the final showpiece is?

Good luck!  Take photos/video and share?  Would be cool to see what  
you come up with....

Best from the Bay-

Sam

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On Mar 2, 2009, at 8:40 AM, Mike Levad wrote:

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> Set up a big mentos and coke chain reaction!
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> On 2/26/09 4:58 PM, "bruce quast"  
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>> We're planning a groundbreaking ceremony for our upcoming museum  
>> expansion
>> construction.
>> I'm looking for suggestions for a big, dramatic outdoor  
>> demonstration or
>> maybe an audience-participation activity that will make our  
>> groundbreaking
>> an impressive, memorable event.
>> Any ideas will be appreciated.
>> Thanks-
>>
>> Bruce Quast
>> Exhibits Director
>> Discovery Center Museum
>> Rockford, Illinois
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