Now, you should be ready for a hands-on experience! Use the instructor guide and student activity to extend your experience.

Consider the following:

• Do these tests prove that meteorites came from asteroids?
  
• What evidence do we have that meteorites may have come from asteroids?
  
• Describe the benefits and drawbacks to the tests that have been conducted.
  
• What are some other methods to determine whether meteorites came from asteroids?

The Dawn mission will sample material from asteroids 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres to learn about the early in the history of the solar system.

Teachers and scientists designed Exploring Meteorite Mysteries to engage students in inquiry science and to extend science with interdisciplinary connections. This resource contains excellent hands-on activities and background material on meteorites that makes use of a collection of meteorite material embedded in a plastic disk is available for loan.