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

[Anne Black]

I agree totally with you Mark.
Museums are turning into amusement parks for kids and they forget the 
adults.
I much prefer the Vienna Museum style to all those toys.


Anne M. Black
www.IMPACTIKA.com
IMPACTIKA at aol.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Ford <mark.ford at southernscientific.co.uk>
To: Meteorite-list <Meteorite-list at 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 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 wooden 
wheels and
bashing the buttons, they will enjoy it sure, but they won't learn 
anything and
its forgotten 10 minutes later. Whereas I will always remember the 
first time I
saw a large slab of Iron with the classic Widmanstatten pattern!

So many museums these days are basically turning into playgrounds for 
kids. Sure
there's room for some fun exhibits but we shouldn't underestimate the 
power of
just showing the raw truth (i.e not posters and PC screens) - nature is
wonderful enough, it doesn't need a PC or laser lightshow to jazz it up.

The which rocks are from space and why' type display always seem to go 
down
well, kids will always love magnets..


Mark







> 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. Could you tell us more 
about
> the event?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
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