ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** 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: > ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers > Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. > ***************************************************************************** > > 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 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Informal Science Education Network > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joe Ruggiero > Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 3:18 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: the Final Fronteir > > ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology > Centers > Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related > institutions. > ************************************************************************ > ***** > > 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 > > > > Daniels, Alissa wrote: > >> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology >> > Centers > >> Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related >> > institutions. > > ************************************************************************ > ***** > >> Like many of you, we at Boston Children's Museum will be focusing on >> > 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 >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Alissa Daniels, Science Program Manager/Senior Educator >> Boston Children's Museum >> 617 426 6500 .342 >> "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new >> > discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny..." 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