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Dear Science Whizzes,

I'm working on a spy gadget workshop in which the kids will build
several devices to use in a training mission where they have to escape
from a hostile compound.  We're hitting a variety of stuff--IR goggles,
booby traps, UV detectors--and I want to include a simple metal detector
that they can use to sweep for bugs.

I thought I could do this with just a coil of wire, a 9V, and a speaker,
but all the geniuses on the web seem to say the simplest metal detectors
still need to have two oscillators to compare.  Does anyone have any
experience building an EXTREMELY simple metal detector with a buzz that
increases as you get close to metal?  Ideally, it would be simple enough
not to require a breadboard/PC.

Thanks!

Nina Simon
International Spy Museum

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Subject: Re: very small exhibits

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Last spring I inquired of list if there was a use for small exhibits IE
500 square feet or less.  We are trying to find funds to build an
iteractive radio astronomy exhibit of this size. I received about a
dozen
responses which were all positive.

Sue Ann Heatherly
Education Officer
NRAo-Green Bank, WV

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> We have a gallery that is one large wall (approximately 40').
Currently we
> use the wall to showcase local youth (i.e. artwork from museum
classes,
> outreach workshops, etc.). In the past, we have also used the space to
> illustrate other milestones (like the museum's first 5 years and "the
> making of" our Rainforest Adventure exhibit).
>
> Are there any science centers out there that bring in traveling
exhibits
> for small gallery spaces?
> If so, what types of exhibits?
>
> What types of things are other museums doing with small spaces like
ours?
>
> Many thanks,
> Sheri
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Sheri Cifaldi
> Exhibit Design Manager
> Stepping Stones Museum for Children
> Mathews Park, 303 West Avenue
> Norwalk, Connecticut 06850
> 203 899 0606, ext 234
>
> Visit us at www.steppingstonesmuseum.org
>
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