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SPACE ODYSSEY VOLUNTEER UPDATE 07.19.13 http://spaceodyssey.dmns.org/ Click below for quick access to:

Space Odyssey News

Trainings and Meetings

Educator Uplink

Space Science Lectures & Events

Museum News and Lectures

Volunteer Enrichment Committee (VEC) Events SPACE ODYSSEY NEWS

FREE DAY JULY 21 THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR HELPING OUT!

HELP NEEDED: MEMBER OPEN HOUSE JULY 25 Thanks to all those folks who offered to help out, we are good to go!

KUDOS Marta Lindsay from the Newsroom would like to give a special shout-out and kudos to Ariel Sandberg, Saturday A.M. Galaxy Guide, who is volunteering with her. Ariel is doing an awesome job researching, assembling and uploading the "Science News/Mission Updates" stories for the Mission Board in Space Odyssey. AND, each week's video is now available to watch on YouTube by going to the "SO Screens" page of the portal and selecting the link under Mission Board Screen or by going directly to SpaceSciNewsroom on YouTube. As always, we'd like everyone's feedback. Do you have kudos you'd like to share? Let me know!

SOS EVALUATION UPDATE Great work this week folks! You all are really doing a great job facilitating and sending visitors over to do the questionnaires. This is wonderful because the sooner we reach our quota, the sooner we can be done with the evaluation! So maybe we will only need these two weeks, but will see what happens. Please note too that next week is A Tale of Three Planets week. I've posted the most recent calendar in the Lounge on our bulletin board and in the storage room. The only major changes have been to the show/autorun schedule. And fyi, the folks working the cart taking the questionnaires are DMNS volunteers. They work in the Audience Insights department here at DMNS and also do surveys with the public elsewhere in the building. Typically you'll see them at the Museum entrance with iPads in hand.

SPACE SCREEN PROJECTOR FAILURE Space Screen is back in action thanks to our Tech team!

MSL XBOX GAME: UPDATE The game will stay in it's current form for awhile longer. It's cost prohibitive to make any changes to the program apparently. So, given that, Tech has asked for our help in ensuring that whenever the games on, that someone be there to watch and facilitate it. Apparently, it is possible for someone to access our network from that game....if they know what they're doing. Let me know if you have any questions and thanks in advance!

NEIL ARMSTRONG OP-ED Thanks to Steve Lee for sharing this... http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:04ce340e-4b63-4d23- 9695-d49ab661f385&plckPostId=Blog:04ce340e-4b63-4d23-9695- d49ab661f385Post:2b4f87d5-76ec-4a48-bb03-86c1ba61c856

NEW ON THE PORTAL A new PowerPoint show called "Curiosity's Year of Science" can be found on the Galaxy Guide Portal. The PPT highlights MSL's incredible year of science exploration on Mars. Look for the PPT on both the Home page as-well-as on the MSL page of the portal

Also new on the portal is a very informative presentation created by Mike Snodgrass in the Newsroom about NASA's latest mission: asteroid retrieval! Check it out here: http://spaceodyssey.dmns.org/astronomycosmology/solar-system/asteroids.aspx

GPS CART UPDATE Thanks to our Exhibits team, this cart will get new, larger wheels on it so theoretically it's sizable bulk will be easier to wheel about the gallery.

DMNS PUBLIC WIFI COMING Hope to have full coverage by the early Fall, more info to come.

NASA "EYES ON THE EARTH" Check out this cool video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcLm3OehCVo This video can also be found on the Portal here: http://spaceodyssey.dmns.org/exhibitsprograms/interactives-exhibits/sos.aspx Just look under "NASA Observing Fleet" under Movies.

SEASONS CART FIX It is done! Thanks to our Exhibits team!

INTERESTING NOVA PROGRAM Thanks to Karla Zelvis, the Coordinator of Volunteers for Earth Science, for sharing this: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/earth-from-space.html

UNIFORMS: STATUS QUO The latest, most amazing custom uniform prototype is being built as I type. We've also got cost estimates from LL Bean (fleece vests) as a back up. Once we know the unit price for the custom uniform, we'll know whether we can afford it or not. :)

NEW LAPTOPS UPDATE The computers are in the building and sounds like we've got some headway on setting them up. Hope to have them in the exhibit by sometime in August. TRAININGS AND MEETINGS

WEATHER CENTRAL SHOW TRAINING Tuesday August 16 6 PM to 9 PM Galaxy Stage Space O Food and drink provided RSVP by Monday August 15 to Dave Blumenstock

Come learn a great a show about how thunderstorms produce thunder and how tornadoes tornado! Learn to use a Van der Graaf generator in the comfort of the Galaxy Stage and make clouds appear--at will! If you're interested, let me know. Thanks!

NEW VOLUNTEER ORIENTATIONS FOR 2013 These trainings are required for all new volunteers. Please sign up by contacting Shelley Knepley at [email protected], or call her at 303.370.6419. All the trainings run from 9-1:30 unless otherwise noted.

 Tuesday, September 17: VIP Room  Saturday, October 5: VIP Room  Tuesday, November 12: VIP Room

EDUCATOR UPLINK

Hi Museum Galaxy Guides,

Since it's summertime, my daughter and I have been doing some "extracurricular activities." Today, we took a tour of the Denver Mint. I had been there years ago, but she has been wanting to go for some time. So, we made reservations for today.

It was very interesting. After going through the metal detectors and putting your shoes back on, there is a room with lots of static exhibits. Some were pretty interesting. We walked upstairs for the start of the tour.

Our tour guide was Tom. His wireless microphone was amplified through speakers in the ceiling and so he was very easy to hear. They showed us a short video about the history of the Mint, then off we went.

In each of the rooms, you could look through large windows onto the work floor below. You could see lots of pennies spilling through machines. It was cool. And up in the visitor space there were more exhibits showing dies, presses, discarded coins, old machinery and other artifacts. But, the highlight was Tom. In each room he gave a 5 minute overview of what the room was all about, and what types of things you could look for. After that, he'd let us walk around, looking at the stuff, and he was available for questions. A very nice mixture of him giving us information then letting us explore on our own.

Tom was very knowledgeable. But, what really impressed me (and my daughter) was how he was really "into it." In other words, he was passionate about coins, passionate about the history of the Mint, and passionate about the work that the Mint does. It really showed. You could just see how much he was enjoying what he was doing, and how much he loved the Mint. (Whether that is true or not, I'll never know. Perhaps he was just acting.) But, whether he was acting or being authentic the result was the same on me. And that is that I really enjoyed the tour and felt totally comfortable asking questions because he was so eager to answer.

Lets face it. He must get many of the same questions every day. But, that never showed.

So, even with all of the fascinating, and unique, stuff they have at the Mint, the thing that impressed my daughter and me most was Tom. His funny stories. His passion. And, his knowledge.

It just reinforced for me how important the Museum Galaxy Guides are in Space Odyssey. Sure, we have great stuff. Sure the topic of space science is fascinating. But what makes Space Odyssey so great is you. Your passion for space science. Your friendliness to our guests. Your excitement. THAT is what really "makes" the experience for our guests.

So, if you are passionate about science, and about learning in general, then don't be shy about letting that passion show. It's contagious.

Keep up the great work.

Eddie SPACE SCIENCE LECTURES & EVENTS

RESERVATION INFO Volunteers may attend some events for free on a space available basis by calling Adult Programs at 303.370.6303 or emailing [email protected].

This is only for lectures, for other programs, like Science Lounge, please call Reservations, 303.370.6000, thank you!

Sci-Fi Film Series Begins July 9 Details on showtimes etc.: http://www.dmns.org/learn/adults/sci-fi-film-series/

60 Minutes in Space

Go "behind the stories" in space science using the best images and animation available to help understand new developments. Seating is limited to first come, first served.

Wednesday, July 31 7 p.m. Gates Planetarium Free The next 60 Minutes in Space will be on Wednesday, August 28

Curiosity Rover Update On August 5, 2012, after seven minutes of terror, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission successfully landed the "mega-rover" Curiosity, the largest and most advanced mobile laboratory ever to operate on the surface another planet. Over the past year, Curiosity has been busy investigating climate and geology on Mars. Experts will discuss updates and discoveries related to geochemistry, weather, and atmospheric conditions, including results from the Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD), the first MSL instrument to return data. RAD is also one of the first instruments sent to Mars to specifically prepare for future human exploration.

Monday, August 5 7:00 p.m. Phipps IMAX Theater $8 member, $10 nonmember, $5 child (ages 3-12)

MUSEUM NEWS

JULY 21 FREE DAY ACTIVITIES As you may know, July is National Anti-Boredom month and the Museum is doing its part to support the anti-boredom movement - SCFD COMMUNITY FREE DAY! This Sunday's Free Day is loaded with boredom antidotes.

* Play ball! Come and play the Maya ball game in the SE Atrium as we do some fun prototyping for the upcoming temporary exhibition, Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed, opening February, 2014 * Enjoy music! The acapella group, Wonder Voice, featuring Visitor Programs' very own, Kate Moreland, will be roving around the Museum. And of course you can sing along. * Get Your Sleuth On! Join One Book One Denver on level 2 for a mystery clue search promoting their 2013 Youth selection, The Capital Ghost Mystery, by Denver author, Michelle Barone. * Breathe! See Expedition Dissection: Spelunking the Lung - in Spanish at 11:45 a.m. on the Summit Science Stage in Expedition Health

Plus our Free Day favorites

* Face painting - SE Atrium * Mr. Bones - all day, all over * Museum Scavenger Hunt - Insects & Butterflies on level 1 * Secrets of the Diorama tours - level 3 bridge

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