[meteorite-list] RI Christmas Lectures

From: David Hardy <mdavidhardy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:58 2004
Message-ID: <20040105163656.63692.qmail_at_web20415.mail.yahoo.com>

Are any of the lectures available in the US? My wife is a High School science
teacher and she might be able to use them.

David Hardy

--- mark ford <markf_at_ssl.gb.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> Yes she (Monica) was very good. I liked the clever use of chocolate
> cakes as impact victims! She is clearly very good with kids.
>
> Maybe I am just getting old but I am sure I remember when the Christmas
> lectures where pitched at a slightly higher age group? And somehow that
> made them more exciting, pure real science (not 'edutainment'). But
> maybe I am just a tradishonalist. In any case meteorites where mentioned
> on prime time television, that has to be a result!
>
> I am giving a meteorite lecture myself in February, and it has given me
> a few pointers, so worth watching!
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 05 January 2004 15:04
> To: mark ford; meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] RI Christmas Lectures
>
> In a message dated 05/01/04 14:10:36 GMT Standard Time, markf_at_ssl.gb.com
> writes:
>
>
> Anyone else in the UK see this?
>
>
> Hi Mark,
> yep, I saw the RI Christmas lectures and thought Monica was on fine
> form.
> I guess I've seen just about every lecture broadcast over the last
> 30-ish years, and it's become something of a Christmas tradition here.
> I recognized the NHM's Estherville, Imilac and Parnallee on the
> show.....they are usually sitting outside Monica's office in Mineralogy.
> All three are large, awesome meteorites.
>
> For those that have never seen the shows, the annual Royal Institution
> lectures are aimed at youngsters, and lean towards making science fun.
> There's always lots of loud explosions during the demonstrations, and
> visual stuff to keep the kids interested.
> Great fun, even for us kids who are now in our 40's :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Rob.
>
> Rob Elliott
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