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At our small museum, the things that usually make people smile or 
sometimes laugh are optical illusions,  particularly, the kind that 
produce motion in some way. One that quite often brings a laugh though 
uses two large mirrors perpendicular to one another. I first saw this at 
the Exploratorium, and got quite a laugh when someone showed how they 
could elevate themselves off the floor when bisecting themselves along 
the edge of one the mirrors.  Our former ops mgr had a good twist. He'd 
stand along the edge with a cap on, then with the hand out of sight lift 
his cap up. It looked as though the cap was floating in air.

Of course, the Van De Graaf gets a lot of laughs when people have their 
hair standing out.

Lightly shocking people often makes them giggle. There's one in which a 
group of people form a circle and share the shock experience. It's not 
an exhibit, but can be fun when groups are visiting. Another one like it 
uses small ping-pong balls from from Arbor Scientific (?) that has an 
LED. I've forgotten how it works, but joining hands triggers the LED 
into blinking. That brings a laugh and giggles.

Although I didn't spend a lot of time at a recent visit a the LHS 
(Lawrence Hall of Science) in Berkeley, they featured an exhibit called 
Circus not long ago that's probably still there. One would expect some 
humor from it.

Ami Dror Gmail wrote:
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> Dear all,
>
> I am looking for the funniest activities/experiences that a science center
> can offer.
> I will be grateful if you will share with me the funniest exhibit, element,
> instrument, show that you ever experience in a science center environment - 
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Ami Dror
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> Subject: Front-end evaluations on neuroscience
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> Dear all,
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> We are in the very early stages of development of a permanent exhibit 
> about the brain.  I was wondering if anyone has done any front-end 
> evaluation looking at visitor knowledge and attitudes about any relevant 
> aspects of neuroscience (including sensory perception, cognition, 
> memory, emotion, technology, etc.).  If so, would you be willing to 
> share your results?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Jayatri
>
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