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Dear all We are holding a charity open day at the BHF at the beginning of Feb and the SciComms team are tasked with delivering a 'science zone' - an interactive area which will enthuse visitors (mainly adults, but definitely people without a science background) about science and regenerative medicine. We envisage the zone to be like a 'mini-lab' - we're obviously limited by what we can do health and safety wise, but we'll have a lab back-drop and we'd like to have some 'props' within it. Do any of you know where we can purchase or borrow some items, imagery or video footage from, that would help bring our zone and heart science to life? Perhaps something you've used for any outreach or teaching work you've done before? The following are things we have thought of but any other suggestions would be great: * Models/pictures of cells/ hearts - plastic or otherwise * Fun props eg. Furry models of cells or hearts, or things like cell top trumps available from the Centre of the Cell * Fixed hearts/ heart valves in a jar etc * Gadgets eg. stents we could have on a desk for people to look at * Good videos, eg. of heart cells beating * Good images, we can put on posters Recommendations of places to buy would also be a great help - we are a bit stuck where to start! Thank you in advance for your help - it would be great if you could send through your suggestions asap. Alternatively, please can you pass this message on to someone who could help? Best wishes Maria Dr Maria Tennant | Science Media Officer | 020 7554 0188 | Out of hours: 07764 290381 | Twitter (BHF): @theBHF<http://twitter.com/theBHF> British Heart Foundation | Greater London House |180 Hampstead Road | London | NW1 7AW New year, new you? Get a healthy start with our FREE pack Order now<http://www.bhf.org.uk/publications/view-publication.aspx?ps=1001371> for extra help sticking to those resolutions. Includes free and comprehensive guides to healthy eating, keeping active, understanding food labels and quitting smoking, plus this year's action-packed event calendar. Get yours today!<http://www.bhf.org.uk/publications/view-publication.aspx?ps=1001371> This e-mail is intended only for the addressee. It (together with any files transmitted with it) is private and confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you are not the named addressee please do not read, print, re-transmit, store or act in reliance on it or any attachments. Instead please contact [log in to unmask] and remove it from your system. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my organisation shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. All messages sent and received by this organisation may be monitored as permitted by law. BHF main switchboard number is 020 7554 0000 British Heart Foundation A Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England and Wales Registered Office: Greater London House 180 Hampstead Road London NW1 7AW Company Registration Number 699547 British Heart Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales (225971) and in Scotland (SC039426) ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************** Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html You may also change your settings and subscribe/unsubscribe to psci-com from the web site. Psci-com is part of the National Academic Mailing List Service, known as 'JISCMail'. It adheres to the JISCMail Acceptible Use Policy: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/acceptableuse.html and to the JISCMail guidelines for etiquette: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/etiquette.html Email commands: 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] Please allow up to 24 hours for these commands to activate. Remember that you will need to send commands using the same email address that you used to register on psci-com. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] **********************************************************************