On 10/8/08, David T. Okamura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry, Mike -- didn't see your post until late Monday night (early
> Tuesday morning?), so I didn't bring a camera. ;-)
No huhu. <G>
> It was a nice event. Here's the official description from the
> Fullerton library website:
>
> --------------------------------------------
> School Night at the Library: Rocket into Space
>
> Have you ever dreamed of traveling to space? Jet Propulsion Laboratory
> (JPL) ambassador, Mr. Robert Trout, will share the excitement of JPL's
> space exploration missions and information about recent discoveries to
> all future space explorers. Come discover Jupiter, Saturn, Mars,
> asteroids, comets, Earth, the Sun and the Universe and see how they
> all come together to expand the Solar System and beyond.
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> Mr. Trout's slide show began at 7:00 PM, and lasted for about half an
> hour. The children (I estimate they were mostly kindergarten to third
> grade) were quite attentive, and I was pleasantly surprised that many
> of the kids were extremely well-informed about space. After hearing
> so many discouraging news reports about low academic performances,
> seeing this group rekindled my sense of optimism.
>
> For the remainder of the hour the students wandered to different
> tables, where they could engage in a couple craft projects ("galaxy"
> mobiles and "star viewers"), toss "asteroid" beanbags, taste real
> astronaut food (freeze-dryed ice cream) and view my paper model
> display. The library had printed out copies of the NASA space shuttle
> glider, which I handed out along with a list of links. I also built
> one shuttle during Mr. Trout's speech. My exhibit was very popular
> among the students, parents, teen volunteers, library staff and
> attending teachers. All told, there were more than 170 people there.
> It was a very well-staged event, and I was impressed at the level of
> organization involved.
>
> Mr. Trout also saw my display and mentioned about the Jet Propulsion
> Laboratory's annual open house (around May). Maybe that's another
> potential opportunity for the SCPMC. Hmmm... ;-)
Indeed, it would be! Maybe we can get Dan Shippey involved; Pasadena's
a *lot* closer to him than San Diego is. :-)
--
Mike Hungerford
http://users.sdccu.net/chthulhu2/models.html
Eschew catachresis!
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