Here's a longer TV footage of the opening on friday from YLE...
http://areena.yle.fi/video/889079
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
We are officially open
Yay!!! After years of planning and months of working and weeks of sleepless nights in building and setting up, we finally opened doors today welcoming 120 children. It was awesome seeing so many kids playing and excited about the exhibits. Forgot the camera in the museum so can't post pictures tonight but...we had radio and tv coverage today!! Here's the coverage in regional news on TV2 http://areena.yle.fi/ohjelma/8a4caa9219c22062a77247b4ecf069b3 It starts about 5 minutes into the news.
And here's nice article on YLE/tampere website http://yle.fi/alueet/tampere/2010/04/lapsille_oma_tiedekeskus_tampereelle_1594542.html with pictures of some of the exhibits.
Although in the afternoon, we had much smaller group, we started the Science show. Richard showed fun experiments with Dry Ice, balloons and much more tying each experiment with the previous...Can't give out too much as we are going to have one tomorrow at 11:30am as well!!
We have a few kinks to clear up and hoping the credit card machine will work tomorrow but other than that...we have a great day planned for tomorrow with Flying Circus coming in. We dont' have a full fledged cafeteria but we will have some sandwiches, pullas, coffee, tea and juice to purchase.
more tomorrow...
And here's nice article on YLE/tampere website http://yle.fi/alueet/tampere/2010/04/lapsille_oma_tiedekeskus_tampereelle_1594542.html with pictures of some of the exhibits.
Although in the afternoon, we had much smaller group, we started the Science show. Richard showed fun experiments with Dry Ice, balloons and much more tying each experiment with the previous...Can't give out too much as we are going to have one tomorrow at 11:30am as well!!
We have a few kinks to clear up and hoping the credit card machine will work tomorrow but other than that...we have a great day planned for tomorrow with Flying Circus coming in. We dont' have a full fledged cafeteria but we will have some sandwiches, pullas, coffee, tea and juice to purchase.
more tomorrow...
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Flying Circus coming to Discovery Museum opening!!
Have you seen remote control airplanes flying to music? That's what Flying Circus team does best! And they are coming to our opening.
We will have three shows on Saturday April 10 at 11am, noon and 2pm.
We are very excited to bring a show that combines art and science together.. Stay tuned for more info on the weekend plans.
We will have three shows on Saturday April 10 at 11am, noon and 2pm.
We are very excited to bring a show that combines art and science together.. Stay tuned for more info on the weekend plans.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Our first field trip booked for Opening Day!!!
The museum will open officially with 120 children entering the museum!. The whole International Playschool in Pynikki with children ranging between 3-6yr olds are going to come as our first field trip group. What better way to open a childrens museum than welcoming 120 kids?
Our guest of the day for the opening ceremony is Irene Roivainen from Tampere city and UTA, Lasse Paananen from Luova Tampere and others.
We will post the details of the opening weekend and the activities we are planning for that weekend soon...Stay tuned!!!
Our guest of the day for the opening ceremony is Irene Roivainen from Tampere city and UTA, Lasse Paananen from Luova Tampere and others.
We will post the details of the opening weekend and the activities we are planning for that weekend soon...Stay tuned!!!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Matikkamanse
Matikkamansen Sirpa Haapaniemi ja Tuija Husu kävivät vierailemassa ja juttelimme mahdollisista matematiikkaan liittyvistä näytösesineistä. Heillä oli ideoita varsinkin geometristen palapelien suhteen. Näistä voitaisiin saada varsin mielenkiintoisia asioita ihmeteltäväksi ja mietittäväksi.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Paloauto
Mittasimme ovien kokoja, ja jouduimme toteamaan että seinän sisään piilotettu ovi on avattava.
Tampereen aluepelastuslaitoksen Veijo Kaján sai meille lainaksi ihka oikean paloauton!
Kokoa on paloautolla aika lailla, rakennukseen sisälle mahduttaminen vaatii jonkin verran työtä.
Auto tulee esille näkyvälle paikalle, hankala sitä olisi piilottaa :)
Olemme hyvin innoissamme tästä.
Tampereen aluepelastuslaitoksen Veijo Kaján sai meille lainaksi ihka oikean paloauton!
Kokoa on paloautolla aika lailla, rakennukseen sisälle mahduttaminen vaatii jonkin verran työtä.
Auto tulee esille näkyvälle paikalle, hankala sitä olisi piilottaa :)
Olemme hyvin innoissamme tästä.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Brio, Klein bottles and Dinosaur bones
What do all of them have in common? None what so ever. Just wanted to update on those three exhibits that are in progress. Brio (Thank you Ms.Kati) very graciously sent us lot of tracks and trains for the 3meter long Finland train table. We painted it this weekend and today its standing on its legs!!! Just a little more painting and gluing the tracks left before trains can make their way all around the country. Dont know about kids but I can't wait to play with it (I mean try it out).
We found some really cool Klein bottles and ofcourse had to get one along with one that is sliced in the middle to show how it really does look like a Mobius strip. This company is in Oakland Ca. When the order went in, the confirmation email came with a note:
"A reasonably intelligent (well, not overtly stupid) person (namely me) will read everything over before filling your order. I won't charge your credit card until I actually box up your Klein Bottles and they're ready to go out the door."
Never recieved such a funny note in an order confirmation email. Once the order got shipped, got another email with another funny yet memorable note saying he just came back from a bike ride to the postoffice mailing the stuff. and in the end of the note was
"I dinged your credit card for USD$xxx. And in case you collect digits, the credit card authorization ticket is xxxxx".
And the literature they included with the Klein bottle was equally funny and special. Thank you Cliff for making the whole deal a fun exercise. We can tell you love your work!!. Haven't seen such a sense of humor in product sales and as promised the Klein bottle is awesome.
Did I mention we are also building a 3.5meter long T-rex wooden puzzle? each piece is light enough for even a 3yr old to hold yet the details Richard put in are amazing. As usual, I got to paint the pieces and the paint we used have a very nice texture.
I wonder if I am giving away all the surprises!!! Nah! there's plenty left:) have a good week everyone
--Sheela
We found some really cool Klein bottles and ofcourse had to get one along with one that is sliced in the middle to show how it really does look like a Mobius strip. This company is in Oakland Ca. When the order went in, the confirmation email came with a note:
"A reasonably intelligent (well, not overtly stupid) person (namely me) will read everything over before filling your order. I won't charge your credit card until I actually box up your Klein Bottles and they're ready to go out the door."
Never recieved such a funny note in an order confirmation email. Once the order got shipped, got another email with another funny yet memorable note saying he just came back from a bike ride to the postoffice mailing the stuff. and in the end of the note was
"I dinged your credit card for USD$xxx. And in case you collect digits, the credit card authorization ticket is xxxxx".
And the literature they included with the Klein bottle was equally funny and special. Thank you Cliff for making the whole deal a fun exercise. We can tell you love your work!!. Haven't seen such a sense of humor in product sales and as promised the Klein bottle is awesome.
Did I mention we are also building a 3.5meter long T-rex wooden puzzle? each piece is light enough for even a 3yr old to hold yet the details Richard put in are amazing. As usual, I got to paint the pieces and the paint we used have a very nice texture.
I wonder if I am giving away all the surprises!!! Nah! there's plenty left:) have a good week everyone
--Sheela
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