ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** Sure, please do. Petro, Jennifer wrote: > ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers > Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. > ***************************************************************************** > > Hi Wayne, > > I have a lesson for you if you are interested about this subject > including the activity. It's geared towards 5th grade and up. If you > would like me to e-mail it to you, I'd be more than happy. > > > Jennifer B. Petro > Director of Education > Nauticus > 1 Waterside Drive > Norfolk, VA 23510 > 757-664-1008 > [log in to unmask] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Informal Science Education Network > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wayne Watson > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 4:40 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: The Big Dipper at Griffith Observatory Museum > > ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology > Centers > Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related > institutions. > ************************************************************************ > ***** > > I went to a conference in Pasadena this weekend, which finished late > Saturday night, and thought I'd spend time Sunday looking around the > area. I realized I hadn't gone to Griffith obs. for almost 30 year, so > managed to get there with not a lot of time in the day. I knew it had > been modernized, and so it was. They had a clever display of the Big > Dipper in a plastic transparent ball about 8-10' in diameter. Inside > they had about 15 glowing balls of of varying brightness. The idea was > to walk around the ball and find where the perspective was the BD. Quite > > good. I wouldn't mind building something on a smaller scale for our > little museum, without the globe. I think I saw something along these > lines on the web some years ago. Comments? > > I'll have to go back there some day, and get a better look at > everything. It was quite an improvement. Perhaps I'll go to Mt. Wilson > too. I know it's become a big interferometer, but don't know anything > about the public buildings there. > > *********************************************************************** > For information about the Association of Science-Technology Centers and > the Informal Science Education Network please visit www.astc.org. > > Check out the latest case studies and reviews on ExhibitFiles at > www.exhibitfiles.org. > > The ISEN-ASTC-L email list is powered by LISTSERVR software from L-Soft. > To learn more, visit > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html. > > To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the > message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to > [log in to unmask] > > *********************************************************************** > For information about the Association of Science-Technology Centers and the Informal Science Education Network please visit www.astc.org. > > Check out the latest case studies and reviews on ExhibitFiles at www.exhibitfiles.org. > > The ISEN-ASTC-L email list is powered by LISTSERVR software from L-Soft. To learn more, visit > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html. > > To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the > message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to > [log in to unmask] > > *********************************************************************** For information about the Association of Science-Technology Centers and the Informal Science Education Network please visit www.astc.org. Check out the latest case studies and reviews on ExhibitFiles at www.exhibitfiles.org. The ISEN-ASTC-L email list is powered by LISTSERVR software from L-Soft. To learn more, visit http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask]