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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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Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:27 AM
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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

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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.
>
>
>
> The first is nuclear energy, no matter what I do I end up boiling 
> water....
>
> The other is fossil energy.
>
>
>
> Could you please make your experience available in these topics?
>
>

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