Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Kids

2002-02-02 Thread trandall
> Frank wrote, > >P.S. I probably wouldn't use this trick on older students. They might >actually get the magnet off the table than then pinch their finger between >the magnet and table or meteorite. Coincidently, just the other day I was >playing around with a couple of rare earth magnets and th

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Kids

2002-02-02 Thread trandall
Great story Walter and Frank! I was asked by a pre-school teacher I know to bring in a meteorite for her class after a little boy picked up a piece of blacktop outside and asked the teacher if it was a meteorite. She asked me if it was (knowing it probably wasn't) and I said no, it's not b

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Kids

2002-02-02 Thread Dave Schultz
gt; Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Kids > Hi Walter and all, > > Last year I also presented to a class of third graders and thought I'd share > a great way to get the class's attention (as if that is needed). Getting

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Kids

2002-02-02 Thread Frank Cressy
Hi Walter and all, Last year I also presented to a class of third graders and thought I'd share a great way to get the class's attention (as if that is needed). Getting ready for the presentation, I laid the meteorites out on a metal side table which the teacher provided. Knowing that part of my

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Kids

2002-02-02 Thread Dave Schultz
Great story Walter! I really enjoyed it! Dave - Original Message - From: Walter Branch To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 7:02 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Kids Hello Everyone, I recently had the chance to talk abo

RE: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Kids

2002-02-02 Thread Greg Redfern
To follow up on Walter's fine workWhen you add an astronomical spin to the audience and throw in meteorites at the end, WOW!. I have given hundreds of astronomy presentations to young and old. I show them pictures of the Moon, Sun, planets, comets, asteroids, eclipses. But now, as a grea