| Find
a Meteorite: Extend |
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| Congratulations,
you have completed the Find A Meteorite Online Experiment. 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.
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