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Dear Mr. Yuan:

We are writing to you in response to your recent e-mail message on the ASTC
list, regarding exhibits and programs that address data collection and
modeling of environmental indicators such as CO2.

We would love to talk with you about such a project.  Our work is with
educators across the country on climate change/global warming science.  In
making our contribution, the emphasis is: 1) Museums and science centers; 2)
Hands-on science activities and demos; 3) The high school curriculum Global
Systems Science; and 4) Encouraging collaboration among educators,
scientists, government, artists, and others.

Locally, our work is primarily based out of Chabot Space & Science Center
(Oakland) and the Lawrence Hall of Science (UC Berkeley), with ties to the
California Academy of Sciences, the Exploratorium and others.  Our
experience is that global warming and C02 monitoring is of tremendous
interest to the public, especially locally.  At our centers, we know how to
make it fun and involving, as it is a great science & tech subject.  And, it
is quite fundable.

To get a better idea of our work and approach, please visit our new website:

www.climatechangeeducation.org

You'll see fresh additions almost every day, with much more to come.  In a
test run, during its first six weeks, the site attracted a minimum of 1000
hits per week.  It was created, in part, to help people like you.

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Interest from The Tech is very welcome indeed.  We encourage mutual support
and a well- coordinated approach.  Each of the institutions we work with is
producing material that compliments the others.  There is no question that
The Tech can put together a great exhibit, without fear of being a repeat of
what others in the Bay Area have produced.

Mr. Yuan, would you be open to a phone chat?   We would like to better
introduce ourselves, and talk with you about your project, including very
specific, practical ways that we might be of help in what you described in
your e-mail.

If so, we would be very pleased to arrange a time that works for you, and
for one or two of us.  Among us, Shelly is the best one to arrange an
initial phone conversation with.  Please write back to her at
[log in to unmask]  Or call 925-287-0390 after 4:30 p.m.

We look forward to talking with you.

Yours,

James Callahan**
Julio Magalhaes
Shelly Ryan

**Earth and Environmental Science Program Committee, Chabot Space and
Science Center.  Global Systems Science Docent, Lawrence Hall of Science

We think you'll be pleased to learn more about Julio and Shelly, when we
talk.



>From: Eric Yuan <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Informal Science Education Network
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Visiting good exhibits on the Environment
>Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:58:00 -0400
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>ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
>Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related
>institutions.
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>Hello,
>
>Can anyone recommend good exhibits/programs on the Environment?
>
>We are developing a new exhibit and are particulary interested in:
>---Experiences that focus on a local environmental issues (especially
>watersheds)
>---Experiences that incorporate real data collection and modeling, such as
>environmental indicators like CO2
>
>Thank you for your help!
>
>Eric
>
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>Eric Yuan
>Exhibit Developer
>The Tech Museum of Innovation
>201 South Market St
>San Jose, CA 95113
>
>(408) 795-6190
>Fax (408) 279-7197
>www.thetech.org
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