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	We have developed a series of experiments 
for our exhibition Marvelous Molecules which are 
available on our website. Go to 
tp://www.nyhallsci.org/biochem/home_experiments-educators.html 
for link to the experiments and a guide for 
setting them up.

Off-line I will send you another activity that is 
not part of this set.  These were developed for 
family groups with children as young as 6 years 
old who would be helped by an adult. Our 
experience is that most children can follow the 
pictographic guides we developed for each 
activity.  They require little or no special 
equipment and no potentially toxic or irritating 
materials (everything necessary can be obtained 
off the shelf from a grocery or pharmacy, at 
least here in New York) and the activities  do 
not require  special guides. We have an Explainer 
present but only as a facilitator; not an 
instructor.

Let me know if you need any help with these activities.

Cheers,

Martin

Martin Weiss, Ph.D
Vice President, Science
New York Hall of Science
47-01 111 th Street
Corona, New York 11368
718 699 0005 x 356

>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>Marianne here from Galway Atlantaquaria in 
>Ireland. We hold Children's Science Workshops 
>every Saturday, and the most popular component 
>is alway the science experiments. I've run the 
>workshop for a while now with the same 6-7 
>experiments, but now I'd like to change the 
>content of the workshop to encourage (hopefully) 
>some repeat visits!
>
>Does anyone have ideas for some fun science 
>experiments, water-related or not, marine or 
>not, that I could use for the workshop? The kids 
>are 7-12 years old. the experiments we've done 
>until now are the following: Make a sand filter, 
>density gradient in salt and fresh water, design 
>a boat, mussel filtration, time a wave, water 
>quality testing, and launch a rocket (which has 
>nothing to do with marine science, it's just 
>fun!). I'd also be happy to share the 
>instuctions for these experiments with anyone 
>who's interested.
>
>Thank you for your help,
>
>Marianne Mortensen
>Education Officer
>Galway Atlantaquaria
>
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Alt i én. Få Yahoo! Mail med adressekartotek, kalender og notesblok.
>


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