Hi everybody. I'm posting this for someone not on the list. It was also posted to museum-ed and Isen-astc so please forgive crosspostings. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO ME, BUT TO THE INDIVIDUALS MENTIONED. Thanks, Bill ** Since 1995, we (at the Science Museum of Minnesota) have been organizing and hosting a teacher event introducing an average of 100 teachers annually to MayaQuest. These bicycle expeditions to Central American Mayan archaeological sites have offered a wonderful opportunity for students to learn about scientific research, living and working in another country, the rewards of setting and reaching goals (and all the positive benefits of the Internet in the process). We are planning to host another such event in January 1998. Below is Nick Buettner's note to you, giving more information about AfricaQuest and asking for interested folks to respond directly to them. Nick will be out of the country until July 20, so please take that into consideration in your response. If you have any questions for me (I have coordinated the teacher events at the Science Museum), please reply to [log in to unmask] Thanks! (Please forgive cross-postings) In spring of 1998, Dan, Steve, and Nick Buettner will launch AfricaQuest: The search for Human Origins. Their last expedition MayaQuest, has been touted as the best distance learning expedition ever by Time Magazine. Last year during the six-week expedition, the MayaQuest web site received over seven million hits, one billion media impressions and most importantly, connected with over 35,000 schools. These schools directed the itinerary of a professional team of explorers 3,000 miles away in the jungles of Central America, learning about Mayan archaeology and making real discoveries along the way. Next year, a similar AfricaQuest team (paleontologist, ecologist, photographer and videographer, writer, and technology expert) will visit archaeological sites in East Africa. During the expedition, on-line followers will receive photographs, Team Updates, Kid Profiles, Archaeological Reports, Animal Profiles, and Video via satellite from the field. In the past MayaQuest has worked with the Science Museum of Minnesota, the San Diego Museum of Man, and a school district in Atlanta to do teacher seminars. AfricaQuest would like to work with these and other museums throughout the country to organize similar seminars for the AfricaQuest exhibition. We are also looking for paleontologists, paleoanthropologists, archaeologists or qualified students interested in questions of human origins to participate as a team member as well as paleontologists and experts on Africa to follow the expedition on line to answer the kids' questions. If you are interested in how we can work together, you can contact me at [log in to unmask] or you can call me at (612) 349-6707. Thank You, Nick Buettner AfricaQuest Project Coordinator Maija Sedzielarz Science Museum of Minnesota (612)221-4554 [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ William H. Stirrat (Bill) Evaluator/Market Researcher Our Minnesota Science Hall Science Museum of Minnesota 30 East 10th Street St. Paul, MN 55101 phone: 612/221-9442 fax: 612/221-4514 [log in to unmask] As always, opinions expressed are my own. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bye!