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Re: The kids

Not being a dealer, I don't have access to the small fragments that Tim
Heinz mentions.  Instead, I've been buying small lots of fragments of
Odessas or Canyon Diablos that would otherwise be tumbled into jewelry
anyway.  I usually have a supply of small magnifier boxes etc. since I put
most of my specimens in 2X2 plastic boxes after they arrive.  If you package
up a few and only give them to the children of your friends you will not
only look magnificent in their eyes, but will enhance their curiosity and
education and perhaps help help create a science literate person for our
future.  It is well worth the 10-15 dollar investment to see their
excitement.
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Dr. Stephen Ervin
Department of Biology, CSUF
Fresno, CA  93740-0073
servin@csufresno.edu
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Heitz 
To: STUARTATK@aol.com 
Cc: Meteorite List 
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 8:04 AM
Subject: The kids


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> Hi Stuart,
>
>    I like what you said about the kids. Thats the first
> time I have heard  that said about the kids on the
> list.
>     Well I have done two shows in St Louis (2 years now) both
> times I have given kids meteorites and only kids,
> The adults have held their hand out for one but I
> always say no its not for them, its for kids only.
>     Heres what I do, from the cutting of meteorites I get
> alot of little pieces left over, crumbs. I take these and put them
> in little coin holders or sometimes called  flips, and mark each
>as to what they are.
>   When I then set up at a show, I keep a close eye on who's
> watching my exhibit ,  if I see a kid who becomes
> interested in looking at my meteorites. I walk over and ask him
> if he has ever seen a falling star, I then ask him if he knows what one
> looks like,  if it ever makes it to the ground. I then ask him or her if
> they would like a piece of a falling star.  (WOW ) the look in their
> eyes when I hand them one of those little coin holders with the
> meteorite in there.
>
> Its great stuff, I only wish I had met someone like me when I was 10
> years old.Instead it took me 45 years, and then I had to do
> it on my own from the beginning.
>
> Many many times I have handed them out to people I work with to give to
> their kids and I have handed them to kids who hang around the house or
> near by the house.
>
>
> Take Care,
> Tim Heitz
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