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Martin,
We offer two kinds of visits, booked classes, and self-guided visits. 
See http://web.mit.edu/museum/programs/school_visit_planning.html for 
the generalities.   Booked classes are obviously limited by program 
and what you can do with a single class, while self-guided visits are 
a bit more fluid.   We have had some schools request bringing 100 
students at a time, which we handle by breaking them into groups and 
rotating them through our offsite galleries.  We don't turn people 
away, our feeling is, the visitor is why we are here (although as a 
small place, it means we have to hustle to deal!).  On the rare 
occasion that a group fails to make a reservation prior to a visit, 
we let them know that we are more than happy to accommodate them, but 
request that next time they call.  We have found that some schools 
have the students wear a school T-shirt for easy identification.
Beryl

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>	We are reviewing what we require of teachers who lead field 
>trips to the Hall of Science.
>
>	Do you have rules of behavior for teachers when they bring 
>students on field trips to your science center, eg numbers of 
>children each chaperone is personally responsible for, must they 
>wear identification as a chaperone/teacher, are they responsible for 
>their children at all times during the visit etc. etc?
>	How do you enforce the rules you've instituted?
>	How do you inform the teachers that actually bring the 
>children (as opposed to the teacher who makes the reservation?  Is 
>there anything else you do that you think we'd be interested in 
>knowing about?
>
>Is this printed and can you send me a copy?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Martin
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>Martin Weiss, Ph.D
>Vice President, Science
>New York Hall of Science
>47-01 111 th Street
>Corona, New York 11368
>718 699 0005 x 356
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