March 3, 2010<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><br>Hi, Lynn. I thought you might be interested in the following information for April 2010.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br>1) Never Lost – New Exploratorium Website About Polynesian Navigation<br>
2) Reading Sea and Sky – Polynesian Navigation Installation<br>
3) Open Make – A Program to Inspire Young Makers<br><br>Never Lost<br>New Exploratorium Website About Polynesian Navigation<br>English Version Launches April 1st; Hawaiian Version Launches May 1st<br><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/neverlost" target="_blank">www.exploratorium.edu/neverlost</a><br>
<br>Never Lost explores ancient navigation techniques that nearly disappeared, but are now experiencing a revival across Polynesia, especially in Hawaii. Thousands of years ago Polynesians navigated by direct observation, relying on clues from the sun, moon, and stars, as well as ocean swells, winds, and wildlife, as they voyaged over open ocean settling islands across the Pacific. Never Lost shares the story of this living tradition and charts wayfinding practices that are still in use today. <br>
<br>Full Press Release: <a href="http://press.exploratorium.edu/never-lost-april-2010/" target="_blank">http://press.exploratorium.edu/never-lost-april-2010/</a><br><br>Reading Sea and Sky<br>Polynesian Navigation Installation<br>
Webcast Studio <br>
Tuesday, April 6 Through Sunday, May 9, 2010<br>In Conjunction with Never Lost – A New Exploratorium Website<br><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/neverlost" target="_blank">www.exploratorium.edu/neverlost</a><br><br>
Visitors to Reading Sea and Sky may find themselves stepping in and out of time and place. A giant star compass representing those used in teaching traditional Polynesian navigation techniques will extend across the Studio floor, frequently submerged under video footage of waves or other footage to be projected from above. A surround-sound system of speakers will play sounds and stories recorded during a trip to Hawaii by the Exploratorium team that created the companion Never Lost website. In the meantime, video recordings will fill the Webcast Studio screens with visual poems of the islands. This installation is included in the price of admission to the Exploratorium.<br>
<br>Full Press Release: <a href="http://press.exploratorium.edu/reading-sea-and-sky-april-2010/" target="_blank">http://press.exploratorium.edu/reading-sea-and-sky-april-2010/</a><br>
<br>Open MAKE: A Program to Inspire Young Makers<br>Saturday Series at Exploratorium<br>April 24, 2010<br>Meet the Makers (McBean Theatre) 11am-noon<br>In the Studio 12:30pm-3pm<br><br>Get ready to rev up your inner inventor. The Exploratorium hosts a series of informal talks and activities designed to inspire young inventors and introduce visitors to a long-standing Exploratorium tradition of tinkering. Featuring different themes and guest speakers each month, Open MAKE: A Program to Inspire Young Makers, will introduce visitors to a variety of tinkering possibilities while encouraging middle and high school students to realize their own inventions in time for this year’s Maker Faire, held at the San Mateo County Event Center on May 22 and 23. Open MAKE, a project of the Exploratorium’s Learning Studio, is included in the price of admission.<br>
<br>Full Press Release: <a href="http://press.exploratorium.edu/open-make-april-2010/" target="_blank">http://press.exploratorium.edu/open-make-april-2010/</a><br clear="all"><font color="#888888">
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