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O, a traveling exhibit! That's the root of your problem. Now I 
understand your situation perfectly. Good luck with it.

Joe R.

Daniels, Alissa wrote:
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> I would agree. However, this is a traveling exhibit that we did not
> design, so I'm trying to pad it with some great programming. Also, since
> we'll have it in the crowds of summer, we want to have lots to do.
>
> AD
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> Hi Alissa,
>
> I'll be the curmudgeon again and say something that will not be all that
>
> helpful to you in this specific situation, but which I think deserves 
> being said from time to time.  Frank Oppenheimer wrote something along 
> the lines of, 'In order to make good exhibits that visitors will be 
> excited about, first the exhibit designer/builder must be excited about 
> making them. They must learn something along the way as they make them 
> and they should enjoy showing them to their friends.'  Gosh, wouldn't it
>
> be great if we could always work this way?
>
> Now, you probably don't have time to hatch newly developed ideas and 
> make them workable. But as you receive suggestions from this worthy 
> group, follow your gut and do things that you yourself would find to be 
> the most fun and interesting. It's the surest way to make them fun and 
> interesting to your visitors, regardless of age.
>
> Of course, Frank O had something to say about that as well.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Joe R
> www.TheExhibitGuys.com
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>
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> Daniels, Alissa wrote:
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>> Like many of you, we at Boston Children's Museum will be focusing on
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> space this summer while we host an exhibit on the topic. It's not
> something I know a whole lot about (and frankly, it's not my favorite
> subject), so I'm looking for a little help.
>   
>> I'm interested in floor kit activities about any aspect of space:
>>     
> planets, rockets, telescopes, you name it. Our summer audience has an
> average age of about 7, so the activities need to be relatively simple.
> We have the most success with drop in (or "drive by") programming, so
> stuff that is easy to explain is also key. You all know how it is. A
> couple ideas I have in mind already: soda bottle stomp rockets (always
> fun!) and a kid-size version of that great scene in "Apollo 13", where
> the engineers have to figure out how to get a square peg in a round
> hole, using random objects from around the house and our Recycle shop.
>   
>> Any suggestions most welcome.
>>
>> thanks all!
>> AD
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>> Alissa Daniels, Science Program Manager/Senior Educator
>> Boston Children's Museum
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>> "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new
>>     
> discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny..."  "
> --Isaac Asimov
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