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

On Mar 29, 2006, at 2:08 PM, Max Scharfenberger wrote:
>
>
> The TELUS World of Science - Edmonton  is hosting the Strange Matter 
> exhibit this summer.  Our marketing department would like to do some 
> little give away for our VIP guests when we open the exhibition.  Any 
> thoughts on what I might be able put together would be greatly 
> appreciated.
>
If you do aerogel it would be both fun and truthful  to label the 
packages as comet catchers.

Another cheap and effective choice are the "happy and sad" balls:  two 
identical looking black rubber balls about 3/4" diameter.  One is 
sorbothane, with about a 5% bounce and the other is neoprene with about 
a 90% bounce.   The packages you hand out could be labeled "Materials 
Matter".   The two balls juxtaposed have the great qualities of 
experimental play that is thought provoking.  It will get those VIP's 
playing.

Clifford Wagner

***********************************************************************
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]