ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** Our main seasonal event - not an uncommon one, I suspect, is a Halloween party for members. It's pretty popular. The kids come in costume. We have a few Halloween-y activities, like a haunted house/room, face painting, some creepy crafts, a scavenger hunt with candy prizes. Plus we do some spooky variations on our usual schtick: we have a Halloween laser show, some creepy demos, we take out the more Halloween-ish animals from our collection (owls, spiders...) You know that game where you guess the number of X in a jar? Works great if you have a large collection of live hissing cockroaches. We've also used a trick from Penn & Teller's book "How to Play in Traffic" that lets you use a Polaroid camera to take photos of ghosts. Oddly, the rest of the staff vetoed my idea for another P&T trick: one that lets you fake having bitten into an apple spiked with razor blades. Jonah Cohen Outreach & Public Programs Manager Science Center of Connecticut "If you hear only one song this year, there's something terribly wrong with you." -They Might Be Giants -----Original Message----- From: Eric Siegel [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:45 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Seasonal Programs ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. **************************************************************************** * Hello, all: I would be grateful if people would be willing to share their ideas for successful seasonal program. Zoos do zoo lights, botanical gardens do holiday conservatory shows. What has worked for you all around halloween, xmas, pass-easter-over, etc? Thanks in advance. Eric Siegel Executive VP Programs and Planning NY Hall of Science 47-01 111th Street Queens, NY 11368 www.nyscience.org *********************************************************************** 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] *********************************************************************** 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]