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What About AIDS?
A Traveling Exhibition
AVAILABLE July 1 or very shortly thereafter
One copy of What About AIDS? is available from the Natal Health Science
Consortium for short or long term loan. You pay inbound shipping from Las
Cruces, New Mexico, installation and insurance. Term of loan negotiable.
For more information contact Dr. Martin Weiss, 718 699 0005 x 356 or
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Description
This groundbreaking exhibition from the National AIDS Exhibit Consortium
presents current medical research on HIV and AIDS within the context of
clear and accessible public health messages.
Exhibition panels are grouped to create private areas for viewing sensitive
material on prevention including a bilingual (English and Spanish)
interactive videodisc in which Edward James Olmos talks with teenagers
about AIDS. An outer area for younger children focuses on what behavior in
safe, and what's risky. Profiles of people with HIV and AIDS appear
throughout the exhibition, as well as a frieze of faces of others who are
HIV positive.
The detective work that led to our understanding of AIDS in the 1980's, and
the current search for a cure, are explored through an interactive computer
program, audio interviews with researchers, and several simple hands-on
devices. In an area about immunology, visitors can look at white blood
cells through a microscope. A resource area includes a telephone from
which visitors can dial the CDC HIV/AIDS information national hotline, as
well as materials for responding to what they've seen in the exhibition.
Components
4 freestanding semi-enclosed panel units plus introductory panels, including:
1 interactive videodisc (2 copies) "Protect Your Self" developed by CMSI,
Los Angeles
1 interactive computer program (2 copies) "Understanding AIDS" developed by
NYHoS
1 WentzscopeTM (microscope)
1 audiophone for listening to personal stories and experiences
1 telephone and dialer to CDC hotline (English, Spanish)
4 other interactive devices on immunology and chance
Area for children 10 and under with puzzles, books and information for parents
Camera-ready copy for a teacher's guide will be provided.
Signs allowing parents to monitor children's contact with explicit material.
What About AIDS?
A Traveling Exhibition
Requirements
2,500-3,000 square feet
Telephone dialer for CDC National AIDS hotline.
What about AIDS? was developed by the National AIDS Exhibit Consortium with
funding from the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of
Health. Consortium members are: Museum of Science , Boston,: California
Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles; Museum of Science and
Industry, Chicago; The Exploratorium, San Francisco; The Franklin
Institute, Philadelphia; Maryland Science Center, Baltimore; National
Museum of Health and Medicine, Washington, DC; New York Hall of Science,
New York City; American Medical Association, Chicago; and Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta.
Martin Weiss, Ph.D.
Biology
New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street
Corona, New York 11368
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718.699.0005 X 356, voice
718.699.1341, facsimile
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