ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
*****************************************************************************

> Does anyone know of an
> exhibit/area in a
> science or children's museum, other than an actual
> classroom or lab, that
> gives visitors a role-playing/hands-on experience of
> working in a science
> lab?

Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute
of Popular Science [1939-1991] started a "Discovery
Lab" program in one of Buhl's classrooms [formerly
called "Lab 1"] in the late 1980s. The Discovery Lab
primarily demonstrated principles of the physical
sciences to visitors, including lasers, electronics
and electricity, etc. Also, a mini-planetarium dome
was included in the Discovery Lab. They did some
chemistry experiments as well.

> Ideally, this would be a room or area that could be
> used by children without
> staff facilitation,

The Discovery Lab did need to be staffed by a Buhl
Planetarium Floor staff person or by a volunteer.
Several volunteers made the Discovery Lab their
specialty.

gaw

--- Sarah Fisk <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:08:55 -0500 
From: "Sarah Fisk" <[log in to unmask]> 
Subject: Re: [CHILDMUS] Science lab as exhibit 
To: [log in to unmask]

> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of
> Science-Technology Centers
> Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums
> and related institutions.
>
*****************************************************************************
> 
> Please post to list.  I would be interested in this
> information as well.
> 
> Sarah Fisk
> Director of Education and Museum Experience
> The Children's Museum of Science and Technology
> 250 Jordan Road
> Troy, NY 12180
> www.cmost.com
> [log in to unmask]
> 518-235-2120 ext. 209
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of Andrea Stark
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:41 PM
> To: childmus; Informal Science Education Network
> Subject: [CHILDMUS] Science lab as exhibit
> 
> Maine Discovery Museum is Maine's largest children's
> museum, and our target
> audience is childen from birth to age 12 and their
> accompanying adults.
> We're beginning to discuss possible collaborations
> with a genetics research
> lab in our area, and I've been following recent
> postings about genetics
> exhibits with some interest. Does anyone know of an
> exhibit/area in a
> science or children's museum, other than an actual
> classroom or lab, that
> gives visitors a role-playing/hands-on experience of
> working in a science
> lab?
> 
> Ideally, this would be a room or area that could be
> used by children without
> staff facilitation, though the space and activities
> could be "opened up" and
> augmented when staff or volunteers were available
> and there could be access
> to running water.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Andrea Stark
> Executive Director
> Maine Discovery Museum
> 74 Main St.
> Bangor, ME 04401
> 207-262-7200
> www.mainediscoverymuseum.org

gaw

Glenn A. Walsh
Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] >
NEWS - Astronomy, Space, Science:
< http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news >
Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://www.planetarium.cc > 
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago: 
  < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer & Optician John A. Brashear: 
  < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com > 
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: 
  < http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc > 
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://www.incline.cc >


 
____________________________________________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.
http://new.mail.yahoo.com

***********************************************************************
More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the
Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.org.
To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the
message  SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to
[log in to unmask]