[meteorite-list] school project and study topics

From: Kevin Fly Hill <khill_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:17:39 2004
Message-ID: <000901c3ba70$8ac86c00$6d00a8c0_at_coxinternet.com>

Ya, and that goes for diamonds, rubies and all those little rocky gem
things?? Why DO they cost so much -- could it be -- because someone is
willing to pay that much. Just a theory.
Fly Hill

----- Original Message -----
From: <j.divelbiss_at_att.net>
To: "Robert & Wendi Beauford" <wendirob_at_laplaza.org>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] school project and study topics


> Robert, Wendi and others,
>
> Yes...one more question for your list. Why do meteorites cost so #%$!_at_#
much?
> They are just rocks you know.
>
>
> Great list to create a curriculum from...a few textbooks, lectures, an
> engrossed lifetime, etc. I look forward to your findings and website.
>
> John
>
> PS
> I'll be teaching meteorites to 4 classrooms of 6th graders next week.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > I'm building a list of potential middle and high school meteorite
related
> > study, report, and lab projects. I'll eventually turn it into a
resource
> > web page.
> > I'd appreciate sincerely if everyone could add everything they can think
of
> > to the list.
> > Thanks!
> > -Robert Beauford
> >
> > Here's a start:
> >
> > What are chondrules and what is their significance?
> >
> > How is fusion crust formed? How do meteorites change as they fall?
What
> > forces act on them, and what do those forces do?
> >
> > Why are meteorites important in understanding our past?
> >
> > Why are they important to our future, and what are 10 resources
exploitable
> > from asteroids? How could they be recovered and used?
> >
> > What technologies are neede to make the exploitation of asteroids for
their
> > resources possible? Create a 'roadmap' or plan of research and
discovery
> > that can get us from here to there.
> >
> > What are the differences between chondrites, achondrites, stony irons,
and
> > irons, and how do they relate to planetary formation?
> >
> > How old are meteorites? Why are they older than earth rocks and younger
> > than the galaxy? How do we know their age?
> >
> > How are meteorites like inexpensive space probes? What have we learned
from
> > them as such?
> >
> > How do we know where meteorites come from?
> >
> > What are the pro's and con's to the competing theories of tektite
> > formations?
> >
> > Describe the potential threat posed by meteorite impacts, and what we
are
> > doing now, and might do in the future about it?
> >
> > What is the KT boundary, what is its significance?
> >
> > How are meteorites identified?
> >
> > Test for nickel, iron, etc (is it a meteorite?)
> >
> > Research NWA 482 (etc.), what is an anorthositic impact melt breccia,
how do
> > we know it's lunar?
> >
> > How do we know Martian meteorites are Martian?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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