space odyssey
11.01.13 volunteer update
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space odyssey news
TIME TO FALL BACK
Reminder: Daylight savings time starts this Sunday, 11/3. Happy morning stargazing everybody!
HELP NEEDED NOVEMBER 2
We're all set. Thanks to all those who are helping out for this event!
HELP NEEDED FOR NEW MEMBER NIGHT NOVEMBER 19
The whole museum including Space Odyssey is open this night. Please help if you're able. We'll need folks in Space Odyssey. The dinner/briefing is at 5 PM and the event runs from 6-9 PM. Please let me know, thanks!
KUDOS TO TELESCOPE VOLUNTEERS
In the first nine months of this year, Telescope Volunteers have shown the wonders of our nearest star to more than 8,000 guests. Well done!
SPACE ODYSSEY WILL CLOSE EARLY ON NOVEMBER 8
To prepare for Museum After Dark, the exhibit will close at 3 PM on November 8.
PLEASE REGISTER YOUR LASER POINTER
If you use a personal laser pointer in the exhibit, we need to register it for safety reasons. Please get in touch with me or Dave Cuomo if you use your own laser pointer in Space O. Thanks!
LATEST MAVEN INFO ON THE PORTAL
Please visit this link on the Galaxy Guide Portal for the latest info about the MAVEN mission, including related powerpoints:
MGG PORTAL SURVEY RESULTS
Thanks to everyone for their help! If you'd like to view the results of the survey, please click here:
Click here to view the survey results.
COMET ISON UPDATES
On the Space Screen in Space O: It's the first "show" in the series. If you want to view or share it with visitors, simply "return space to normal" using the AMX control panel to the right of the screen. If you need help, ask myself or another staff member or Tech.
On the Portal:
Elsewhere on the web:
ASTROTOT REPAIRS
We're still waiting on parts for this repair. Turns out the whole panel needs to be rebuilt.
trainings and meetings
SPACE ODYSSEY EXPLORATION STATION SHARE FAIR
Monday November 11, 2013
6-9 PM
Space Odyssey
Food and drink provided
RSVP by Friday November 8
Please join us for a fun, educational evening as fellow Galaxy Guides share their wisdom about how to use some of your favorite demos and stations like Meteorites, Orbits, Gravity Well, etc. If you haven't taken the survey to pick what you'd like to see that night, please click here:
Take Cart-a-Palooza Survey
NEW VOLUNTEER ORIENTATIONS FOR 2013
These trainings are required for all new volunteers. Please sign up by contacting Shelley Knepley at , or call her at 303.370.6419. All the trainings run from 9-1:30 unless otherwise noted.
- Tuesday, November 12: VIP Room
space science lectures & events
Digital Earth: Peru
Monday,November 4
7:00 p.m.
Gates Planetarium
$8 member, $10 nonmember
Explore the desert coast of Peru with Museum archaeologist Michele Koons and geologist Bob Raynolds and learn how civilizations like the Moche (AD 300-900) left their mark on the landscape. Space scientist Ka Chun Yu will use satellite imagery to move through the present day terrain as you see how societies have manipulated the landscape and how archaeologists reconstruct ancient environments.
Mars Rover Scientist in Action Program
Tuesday November 5
1-1:45 PM
Ricketson Auditorium
This event is geared towards school-age children so that they can directly talk to scientists out in the field about their work. In this show, Dr Steve Lee will be sharing data returned from Mars rovers while broadcasting live with space science colleagues from the 'Mars Yard' at the Jet Propulsion Laboratories in California. This session will include homeschool participants. We also welcome staff and volunteers.
RESERVATION INFO
Volunteers may attend some events for free on a space available basis by calling Adult Programs at 303.370.6303 or emailing .
This is only for lectures, for other programs, like Science Lounge, please call Reservations, 303.370.6000, thank you!
museum news
Who Owns the Past?
Tuesday, October 297:00 pmRicketson Auditorium$8 member, $10 nonmember
The research of cultural anthropologist Julie Hollowell spans anthropology, archaeology, ethics, art, cultural heritage law and policy, and museum studies to consider the broad implications of how people in the present value and use "the past." Hollowell draws from the work of IPinCH, an international project that investigates intellectual property issues related to cultural heritage, and her own ethnographic research with subsistence diggers, collectors, and dealers involved in a legal antiquities market to consider whether the question of who owns the past is really the one we should be asking. Hollowell is cochair of the World Archaeological Congress Committee on Ethics, a member of the steering committee for the IPinCH Project, and research associate in the Anthropology Department at Indiana University. She is also is the featured speaker for the annual Marie Wormington Lecture, named for the renowned anthropologist who had an extensive and illustrious career at the Museum.
Night at the Museums
Saturday, November 2, 2013
5 p.m.-10 p.m., FREE(timed tickets are required for MythBusters and advanced ticket purchase is highly recommended)
As a highlight of Denver Arts Week, the community's greatest cultural attractions open their doors for FREE on Saturday, November 2 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Visitors to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science will enjoy extended hours to see MythBusters: The Explosive Exhibition (ticket purchase required), IMAX shows (ticket purchase required), and permanent exhibitions including Expedition Health, Space Odyssey, Prehistoric Journey, and Egyptian Mummies.
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volunteer enrichment committee
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Or see the bulletin board in the Volunteer Lounge for more info.
DaveBlumenstock
Coordinator of Volunteers for Space Science
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Phone 303.370.8344
Fax 303.370.6005
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