Subject: Earth Science Museum Survey online JPL Earth Science Outreach and the Denver Museum of Natural History have developed an online survey for informal educators (museums, zoos, aquaria, planetaria, etc.) to understand how we can better collaborate to develop new and worthwhile informal education programs. The survey is located at http://talkto.jpl.nasa.gov NASA may be best known for its astronauts and its exploration of the solar system, but did you know that NASA puts significant effort into exploring our own planet Earth? NASA Earth Science is seeking ways that the informal education community and NASA may collaborate to increase public understanding of our planet and how it is changing. As a first step in NASA's development of informal education programs, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Denver Museum of Natural History (DMNH), along with several other museums and science centers, have developed a number of concepts and are releasing these concepts for your comment. We want to gather your opinions and suggestions about how a partnership of NASA Earth Science and informal educators could best benefit your institution, the informal education community, and the general public. Please let your colleagues at other informal education institutions know about this site (http://talkto.jpl.nasa.gov) so that we may gather a broad understanding of the interests of this community. We would like to hear from all types of institutions: museums, science centers, youth museums, aquaria, planetaria, zoos, etc. Your comments and priorities will help NASA Earth Science programs and the informal education community develop collaborative strategies that will benefit both. *************************************************************************** Alice S. Wessen Outreach Lead-Technology and Applications Program (TAP) Mail Stop 180-603A Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena CA 91109-8099 818-354-4930 818-393-4093 fax e-mail: [log in to unmask] Arthur C. Clarke Technology and the Future: "The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible." Richard Feynman: "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." **************************************************************************** **** ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).