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The website of the Shackleton exhibit at AMNH has my favorite sextant
activity:  http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/shackleton/caird.html#ocean

Be sure to click on the Quicktime video to see the rolling seas.

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>Hi Michelle!
>
>I'm glad to hear things are going forward with prototyping for the
>exhibit!  How exciting!
>
>The Exploratorium has a couple of sextant exhibits for sale.  Here are
>the URL's:
>
>http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibit_services/exhibits/b/
>body_sextant.html
>and
>http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibit_services/exhibits/s/sextant.html
>
>Hopefully there is someone on the list who can comment on these.
>Perhaps you can contact someone in SanFrancisco and see if there are
>evaluations to go along with these components.
>
>If I see anything else, i'll forward it on!
>
>Matthew Wenger
>Flandrau Science Center
>University of Arizona, Tucson
>
>
>On Mar 29, 2004, at 11:18 AM, Michelle Nichols wrote:
>
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>>Anyone know of any museum that may have done an interactive exhibit
>>element on the workings of a sextant?  We're curious to get any
>>feedback
>>on such a thing, if it has been done before.  We're hoping to include
>>one
>>in a planned exhibit about the Copernican Revolution (earth-centered to
>>sun-centered universe; time period 1550-1850) and would like to avoid
>>any
>>previous pitfalls, if possible - we're working on our prototype right
>>now
>>& will be testing with visitors, but would appreciate any additional
>>information.
>>
>>Thanks, in advance!  Replies off-list are fine.
>>
>>Michelle
>>
>>Michelle Nichols, Senior Educator
>>Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
>>1300 S. Lake Shore Dr.
>>Chicago, IL  60605
>>312-322-0520
>>312-322-2257 (fax)
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>>http://www.adlerplanetarium.org
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