[meteorite-list] school project and study topics

From: j.divelbiss_at_att.net <j.divelbiss_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:17:39 2004
Message-ID: <120520030039.16074.6490_at_att.net>

> 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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