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Thank you very much!

j

At 12:07 PM 3/6/2008, you wrote:
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>Hi Jamie,
>
>We built a cave one time out of that thick paper that's used under
>roofing and comes in big rolls.  Sorry I don't know what it's called,
>but it's very inexpensive.  We built a chicken wire frame, tore the
>paper off the roll, crumpled it up, then opened it up again and taped
>it to the chicken wire with duct tape.  After spray painting it with
>several different "rock" colors, it looked very realistic and was
>really cheap.
>
>Hope that helps.
>
>Anna
>
>On Mar 6, 2008, at 8:56 AM, Jamie Alonzo wrote:
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>>Hi all,
>>
>>I run an afterschool program for teens out of Yale's Peabody Museum
>>of Natural History and my students are embarking on producing an
>>exhibit focused on the geosciences employing a cave motif.  Though
>>I welcome any suggestions/advice, I was hoping to get help with the
>>following:
>>- A cheapish fabric that could be draped on the ceiling and/or
>>walls that could be made to look like rock;
>>- Other cost-effective rock solutions (we've considered carving foam);
>>- A source for cheap, large-ish (1'-6' diameter), round, rigid
>>(i.e. planet-like) structures that could be cut and mounted;
>>
>>If any of you had any of the above hanging around, available to
>>loan, I'd be interested.
>>
>>Thank you!
>>
>>Jamie
>>
>>(Funding for our exhibit is provided by NSF & IMLS)
>>
>>
>>
>>Jamie Alonzo
>>Coordinator, Education Special Projects
>>http://www.peabody.yale.edu/education/afterschool.html
>>
>>Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
>>170 Whitney Avenue
>>P.O. Box 208118
>>New Haven, CT 06520-8118
>>
>>203.432.6577 v
>>203.432.9816 f
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Jamie Alonzo
Coordinator, Education Special Projects
http://www.peabody.yale.edu/education/afterschool.html

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
170 Whitney Avenue
P.O. Box 208118
New Haven, CT 06520-8118

203.432.6577 v
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