[meteorite-list] Elementary School Show n Tell

From: Gary K. Foote <gary_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed May 3 18:54:45 2006
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Larry,

I'll put together a short about my experience for you Larry. I'd have to get release
forms signed by parents of the children in the pictures before they could be used for
publication. That's the only hitch I see.

Re: What can we give the kids? I think your idea is a great one, but instead name a
specific meteorite specimen after each child. I hereby donate the unofficial names of
all of my specimens to the yet-to-be-formed 'International Meteorite and Asteroid
Registry' for the purpose of naming each after a student who has been to a meteorite
presentation sanctioned by the aforesaid unformed Registry.

I am going to name twenty-seven of my specimens after my grandchildren and their
classmates, leaving nearly a dozen more still available for naming by the Registry.
Should I pass on any specimen to another its specimen card will carry the name of the
child it represents. That will allow for at least SOME level of perpetuation.

So, who is going to oversee this effort? It would involve cataloging each participant's
collection and keeping track of their names and of future owners as these specimens are
sold or given as gifts or inherited.

And finally, who will participate by listing their collections for the Registry's naming
efforts?

Gary
ttp://www.meteorite-dealers.com

On 3 May 2006 at 6:09, Larry Lebofsky wrote:

> Hi Gary and Bob:
>
> These are great stories. Are there more stories out there? I know there are
> other who do similar things.
>
> One of the main reasons Nancy and I decided to become editors of Meteorite
> magazine was because of its potential for education outreach. For the teachers
> on this list, asteroids, meteors, and meteorites are in the standrads in many
> states (many times with embedded misconceptions). Are they in the science
> curricula of other countries?
>
> While it is relatively easy to hold a star party or to tell people what is up
> in the sky (planets and constellations) and other special events (comets,
> meteor showers), other than meteor showers (which does little good in the
> city), what can one do for teachers and their students, planetarium staff (who
> generally know little about asteroids and meteorites; there are exceptions),
> and the general public?
>
> Your stories are good ones and could be used by others to reach out.
>
> Ultimately, I would like to have this written up for the magazine and possibly
> distributed beyond the magazine to organizations that do outreach like the
> Astronomical Society of the Pacific or the Astronomical League.
>
> Could the two of you send me short write-ups of what you did? I would also
> want pictures.
>
> The big question is what do the kids go away with? In astronomy, they could
> get their parents to buy them a small telescope. There is even a lot that can
> be done without a telescope! Other than give kids a small meteorite (which is
> a wonderful idea), what can we do? Name an asteroid after them: the
> International Meteorite and Asteroid Registry (just kidding)?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Larry
>
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