ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** We also use puzzles in one of our areas when it is not staffed. Sometimes I think the visitors enjoy that more than our staffed activities...haha! Jason Jason Archer Gallery Program Manager Connecticut Science Center 250 Columbus Boulevard Hartford, CT 06103 direct: (860) 520-2122 www.CTScienceCenter.org | (860) SCIENCE -----Original Message----- From: Informal Science Education Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Smith Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 7:07 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: unstaffed and safe ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** Logic and other puzzles are great, even the classic tangrams. We have a set of these and visitors never seem to get tired of them, even when they have done them before. Dave Smith On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Daniels, Alissa < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers > Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related > institutions. > > ***************************************************************************** > > we have a counter where we do science activities, but when we're > short-staffed we try to have simple activities on the counter that visitors > can figure out themselves. I'm looking for new ideas. They need to be > a)simple and self-explanatory b) free of scissors, markers, crayons or > other things with which our visitors could damage the building or themselves > c)cheap and easily restockable (since visitors will take anything that's > not nailed down) > > successful stuff in the past: > building towers with cups > making shapes with pencils > using cardboard tubes to listen to various sounds > > > thanks very much for all your fabulous ideas! (see? I know they'll be > fabulous) > 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..." " --Isaac > Asimov > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > *********************************************************************** > 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] > -- David L. Smith Da Vinci Science Center Allentown, PA http://www.davinci-center.org Please consider the environment before printing this email. The reason they want you to fit in... is that once you do, then they can ignore you. -Seth Godin *********************************************************************** 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]