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Re: oobleck run through
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Aiona Bones <[log in to unmask]>
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Informal Science Education Network <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:40:50 -0700
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I've seen it done at Don Harrington Discovery Center. I'm CCing the man in
charge. It was absolutely amazing.

Aiona Bones
ExNET Educator
Exploratorium

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Fournier, Kathy <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

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> Hey everyone:
> We are planning on doing a large scale trough of oobleck for an outdoor
> event. Right now we are thing about a trough 2ft in width and 6 ft in
> length. Has anyone done this before? I have seen it on YouTube but that's
> all. Any idea on how deep the amount of oobleck should be for the best
> performance. We want visitors to be able to run across it and not sink in or
> go slow and sink in.
>
> Any suggestions? Success stories? Things not to do?
>
> Thanks, Kathy
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> Kathy Fournier
> Associate Vice President of Education
> McWane Science Center
> 200 19th Street North
> Birmingham, AL 35203
> 205-714-8254
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 9:06 PM
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> Subject: Re: Amateur Radio on International Space Station
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> Anita,
>
> I was not involved but was a spectator at an ARISS (Amateur Radio on the
> International Space Station) ham radio contact at the Ann Arbor Hands On
> Museum on December 27, 2008.  These events last 11 minutes, and
> typically take 3 years to set up.  They require experienced radio
> operators with a sophisticated skill set and specific equipment that
> most hams will not have (such as, automated satellite-tracking
> antennas.)  The people who did it here came up from Ohio and were just
> great.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ralph
>
> On 7/12/2011 12:13 PM, Sohus, Anita M (1850) wrote:
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> > NASA cooperates with the Amateur Radio Relay League forAmateur Radio on
> > the International Space Station:
> >   http://www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-on-the-international-space-station
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> > Anita Sohus
> > NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
> > Pasadena, CA
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> > On 7/11/11 9:01 PM, "ISEN-ASTC-L automatic digest system"
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