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: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert & Wendi Beauford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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? > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
