Launching and Recovering Meteorites
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- Original Source:American Museum of Natural History
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Meteorites are hard to find, and their location is affected by their size, speed, and angle of descent. This activity, a supplement to the Hall of Meteorites Educator's Guide, demonstrates the challenge of finding and learning from meteorite impacts. Students are divided into Meteorite Fall and Recovery Teams, and assigned different locations. Each team prepares two "meteorites." The Fall Teams disperse and launch the meteorites, and the Recovery Teams study the impact sites in detail. The activity ends when the groups share their findings, incorporating a discussion of scatter patterns, velocity, and the best kinds of places to find meteorites. Less
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Grade: TK/K to 12
Topics: Earth & Space Science, Professional Development, Earth's Resources
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Tool for: Teachers