Re: [meteorite-list] SPACE EXPO - OFF TOPIC (TANGENTIALLY)

2013-02-27 Thread lebofsky
Hi Darryl: Yes, a little more information would be good. How much space (no pun) do you have (floor or table)? How interactive do you want it to be and how many people are there to support what you do? Some activities can be done without a person involved others need a real person to run it.

Re: [meteorite-list] SPACE EXPO - OFF TOPIC (TANGENTIALLY)

2013-02-27 Thread Mark Ford
I might be old fashioned but - my advice - Just put out some good meteorites with good lighting and let them have a good look at it! There's nothing worse than walking through a display/museum with a token of artifacts around in badly lit cases and just seeing the kids playing around with the

Re: [meteorite-list] SPACE EXPO - OFF TOPIC (TANGENTIALLY)

2013-02-27 Thread Darryl Pitt
Hi I want to thank everyone for their input. For those taking their first peek, I would like to know the coolest things you've experienced at an exploratorium/museum that pertain to space and space travel—or any other ideas you have pertaining to the same. As it regards further details of

Re: [meteorite-list] SPACE EXPO - OFF TOPIC (TANGENTIALLY)

2013-02-27 Thread Richard Montgomery
To: meteoritelist meteoritelist meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 8:28 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] SPACE EXPO - OFF TOPIC (TANGENTIALLY) Hi, I could really use some assistance, please. I am involved in a SPACE EXPO and we're in the process of determining what the most

Re: [meteorite-list] SPACE EXPO - OFF TOPIC (TANGENTIALLY)

2013-02-27 Thread Peter Scherff
: [meteorite-list] SPACE EXPO - OFF TOPIC (TANGENTIALLY) Hi I want to thank everyone for their input. For those taking their first peek, I would like to know the coolest things you've experienced at an exploratorium/museum that pertain to space and space travel-or any other ideas you have

Re: [meteorite-list] SPACE EXPO - OFF TOPIC (TANGENTIALLY)

2013-02-27 Thread Darryl Pitt
and their friends at the planets. Thanks, Peter -Original Message- From: Darryl Pitt [mailto:dar...@dof3.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 9:55 AM To: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu Cc: petersche...@rcn.com; meteoritelist meteoritelist Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] SPACE EXPO

Re: [meteorite-list] SPACE EXPO - OFF TOPIC (TANGENTIALLY)

2013-02-27 Thread Anne Black
...@southernscientific.co.uk To: Meteorite-list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wed, Feb 27, 2013 4:15 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] SPACE EXPO - OFF TOPIC (TANGENTIALLY) I might be old fashioned but - my advice - Just put out some good meteorites with good lighting and let them have a good look

[meteorite-list] SPACE EXPO - OFF TOPIC (TANGENTIALLY)

2013-02-26 Thread Darryl Pitt
Hi, I could really use some assistance, please. I am involved in a SPACE EXPO and we're in the process of determining what the most fun interactive exhibits might be for children who are 8-14. With the foregoing in mind, what are some of the best interactive exhibits you've seen that

Re: [meteorite-list] SPACE EXPO - OFF TOPIC (TANGENTIALLY)

2013-02-26 Thread peterscherff
Hi Darryl, Just a few quick thoughts: Scale model of the solar system Meteorite hunting in a salted strewn field with magnet canes digital polarizing microscope with a cool thin section spectroscope Mars rover race Make a comet telescope observing Many of these ideas may not work for you.