Below is a request for participation in a survey for small(er) museums.
Please respond and forward as you feel appropriate.

thanks,

janice


Janice Klein
Chair, SMAC-AAM
Director, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Kendall College
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www.mitchellmuseum.org


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> Dear Colleague,
>
> We thought you might be interested in a new project we are developing. In
a
> nutshell, the nonprofit Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), in
> collaboration with the National Optical Astronomy Observatory and others,
is
> planning to offer training to increase the capacity of smaller informal
> science education institutions to provide astronomy programming for
diverse
> audiences. The project will address the needs of institutions that would
> like to expand their astronomy offerings, and those that currently offer
> little or no astronomy at all. For each participating institution we plan
> to:
>
> € supply innovative, hands-on astronomy activities and materials;
>
> € train your staff in creative ways to present those activities; and
>
> € help you develop supportive partnerships with amateur and professional
> astronomers.
>
> The initiative will showcase cutting-edge science and new discoveries in
> astronomy, and provide the background people need to appreciate them. New
> material will be created for this project, but we will also rely heavily
on
> time-tested material produced already from previous projects, including
the
> ASP¹s Project ASTRO and Family ASTRO.
>
> To make this project as useful as possible and to register your interest
in
> participating, we need some information from you, whether or not you
> currently include astronomy in your educational programming. Therefore, we
> are asking that you now please complete a BRIEF SURVEY available online
at:
>
> http://fs8.formsite.com/astrosociety/scictr/index.html
>
> The survey will only take around 10 minutes to complete. After completing
> the survey, you¹ll automatically be entered to win a copy of Cosmic
> Decoders, the new 4-in-1 astronomy card game from the ASP¹s Family ASTRO
> program ( http://www.astrosociety.org/education/family.html ).
>
> March 12, 2004 is the deadline for survey responses. If you have any
> questions about this new initiative, or about the survey, please contact
Dan
> Zevin at (415) 337-1100 x121 or [log in to unmask]
>
> With much appreciation for your interest and assistance,
>
> Mike Bennett
> Executive Director
> Astronomical Society of the Pacific

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