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Great idea....you could coat them with epoxy paint and embed the magnets
with a little fiberglas mat...
Jeff Courtman
Exhibits & Special Projects Coordinator
251.208.6851
Exploreum Science Center
www.exploreum.net
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Subject: Re: toy boats
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What About Building foam blocks they float its, cheep and easy to hot glue
magnets on comes in many thickneses and you could coat it to prevent
chipping
At 10:03 AM 3/10/2006, you wrote:
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>As part of our water exhibit, we used to have pieces for kids to make
>their own barges. We used wooden blocks, varnished many times, with
>magnets on the ends. However, this was an incredibly time-consuming and
>very expensive process, and the boats would wind up mildewy and gross
>anyway. So we haven't had them in a while, but we miss them.
>
>Does anyone have suggestion for something we can either purchase or
>make in-house? The exhibit is not staffed so it would need to be fairly
>intuitive and not involve potentially chokable or otherwise dangerous
>bits.
>
>many thanks
>AD
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>Alissa Daniels, Science Program Manager Boston Children's Museum
>617-426-6500 x342 www.BostonChildrensMuseum.org 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
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