[meteorite-list] Fw: (meteorobs) Need Meteorite Specialist for Upcoming Teen Show(Michigan)

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 17:13:09 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <845561.97543.qm_at_web53205.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Perhaps someone on these lists can help Abbey with an event in Michigan? Thank you. Dirk Ross...Tokyo


--- On Sat, 3/7/09, Abbey Morris <abigailsalt at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Abbey Morris <abigailsalt at gmail.com>
> Subject: (meteorobs) Need Meteorite Specialist for Upcoming Teen Show(Michigan)
> To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 10:45 AM
> To Whom it May Concern,
>
> I am the associate producer for an upcoming show produced
> in southeast
> Michigan that will focus on getting teens excited about
> math and
> science-related careers. For each episode we have a teen
> investigative team
> interview an "expert" who fills them in on the
> facts behind their job. The
> reason why I contacted you all, is that for an episode
> called
> "Meteor-wrong," one of the characters thinks he
> has a meteor, yet is not
> sure. The character then decides to interview a
> "planetary scientist"
> (geologist? geochemist? astronomer?) to find out if the
> rock is a meteor or
> not. We are looking for an expert in meteoritics in the
> southeast Michigan
> area who would be willing to explain his or her career, how
> meteors are
> formed, and then go into explaining how meteors are formed
> and how to test
> them for validity.
>
> If anyone knows any information about who would be suitable
> for this role,
> or who I could contact for more information, it would help
> greatly. Keep in
> mind that we are not looking for just an expert, but an
> expert who can also
> engage teens and make science cool.
>
> Thanks for your time!
> Abbey Morris
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