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Here at the Ontario Science Centre, we provided two impromptu weekend seminars on the Science of the Tsunami. All four shows were packed with well over 400 visitors in attendance. We were stunned by the response because we had only sent out an email the Thursday before the first show to 1/2 of our membership and had signs throughout the centre promoting the seminars.
We also invited the Canadian Red Cross on site who raised money at each of our seminars and our Science School students worked as a team to raise funds as well.
Joely
Informal Science Education Network <[log in to unmask]> writes:
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>Wendy,
>
>I just wanted to thank you for helping us all stay informed on this
>tragedy. It seems far away to most of us. Though our community is widely
>dispersed we are really quite small and need to stay connected through
>this very difficult time.
>
>Joe R
>
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>Wendy Pollock wrote:
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>>Dear friends,
>>
>>ASTC staff and Board members have been in touch with colleagues in areas
>>affected by the tsunami, as well as members in other regions who are
>>responding in various ways. We'd like to pass on some of what we've heard.
>>
>>Herudi Kartowisastro of the Indonesian Science Centre writes that the
>>tsunami was "beyond our imagination. The catastrophe is like a slap for a
>>nation who is still developing. Right now we are thinking for public
>>education on earthquake, tsunami and everything about natural phenomena."
>>
>>The Science and Technology Centre of Thailand has posted information on
>>their web site: http://www.stkc.go.th/en/index.html
>>
>>
>>Harison Yusoff of Petrosains, Malaysia, writes that the National Science
>>Centre coordinated a collection campaign for the Malaysian Tsunami Disaster
>>Fund in collaboration and that Petrosains, in collaboration with its parent
>>company PETRONAS (an oil and gas company), also has been collecting funds,
>>as well as working on educational programs. "Our facilitators were quickly
>>alerted on the phenomenon and we provided instant training...so that they
>>can talk a little bit more about earthquakes, tsunamis and the science
>>involved." They also have set up a committee to prepare for future events,
>>so that their "role as a credible source of information can be amplified."
>>
>>News has also come in from Europe and North America of science centers'
>>efforts to offer both educational events and aid of various kinds, from
>>personal donations by staff to hosting of fundraisers. We would welcome
>>other news or suggestions about ways science centers may be of help.
>>
>>Wendy
>>
>>___________________________
>>Wendy Pollock
>>Director
>>Research, Publications, and Exhibitions
>>Association of Science-Technology Centers
>>1025 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 500
>>Washington, DC 20005
>>202/783-7200 x 114
>>202/783-7207 (fax)
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