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Years ago, during an internship at the Exploratorium, there was an exhibit
designer from MOSI in Tampa (I'm sorry I can't remember the name) who
developed a pretty nifty prototype on chain reactions using mousetraps and
ping pong balls....
Jeff Courtman
Exhibits & Special Projects Coordinator
251.208.6851
Exploreum Science Center
www.exploreum.net
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Subject: Re: Energy exhibition - nuclear & fossil energy exhibits
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Hi Tal,
Thin slices of bituminous coal prepared for viewing under microscopes are
pretty cool.
You can clearly see the evidence of plants that the coal is composed of.
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Paul Orselli
Paul Orselli Workshop (POW!)
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On Jan 24, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Tal Berman wrote, in part:
> As all our exhibits concerning solar energy and alternative energy
> sources are pretty straightforward to me as to what is their
> attractiveness. Two exhibits are hard for me to "pretty up" and make
> attractive to the visitor.
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> The first is nuclear energy, no matter what I do I end up boiling
> water....
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> The other is fossil energy.
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> Could you please make your experience available in these topics?
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