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Michelle,
I may actually have a stash of about 40 of these at the museum. I'll double
check on Monday and if they're the Fuji variety I can send them out to you.
I saved them just because I hate to see them go to waste.
Sara
Sara DeAngelis
Project Manager/Lead Exhibit Developer
Brooklyn Childrenıs Museum
145 Brooklyn Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11213
p. 718 735-4400 x149
c. 718 578-8269
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> From: Michelle Nichols <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Informal Science Education Network <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:12:38 -0500
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> Subject: film canisters needed - help?
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> I am at my wit's end for this one...lots of us know about the alka-seltzer
> rocket activity that uses Fuji film canisters. The Fuji canisters are
> best since the lid fits into the mouth of the container & not over the
> edges. I have tried contacting Fuji directly - they don't send out the
> canisters separately from the film. I have tried contacting every local
> photo processing place - the canisters are out there, but due to the low
> numbers of people using film vs. digital cameras, we can only get them a
> couple at a time, requiring us to drive around massive distances to only
> get a few canisters. I have tried locating a manufacturer on the web, but
> I don't really know the right keywords to use that don't bring up every
> iteration of the film canister alka-seltzer rocket lesson plan in
> existence on the web plus every film supplier out there.
>
> Help! Who manufactures these things? Frankly, we could only use 60, if
> we had to, but we really need at least 500 of them, if not more. We're
> very willing to pay for them, but they have to be the right kind of
> canister or the activity, well, fizzles out (sorry, I couldn't resist...).
>
> Michelle
>
> Michelle Nichols, Master Educator for Informal Programs
> Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
> 1300 S. Lake Shore Dr.
> Chicago, IL 60605
> 312-322-0520
> 312-322-9181 (fax)
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