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Meteorite or MeteorWrong? [Activity - Space Rocks]

Meteorite or MeteorWrong? [Activity - Space Rocks]

  • Daytime Event
  • Inside Venue
  • Outside Venue
  • Target Audience
  • Adult, Child, Teen
  • 11/15/2010

Photo Credit: Close up from a photo by Karen Maddy

Learn all about meteorites with this hands-on activity: where they come from, how they got here, and what they are made of. Compare the characteristics of meteorites and Earth rocks in this engaging activity.  Can your visitors figure out which of the rocks are the true meteorites...and which are the meteorwrongs?

Uploaded: November 2010


Video

Video Tutorial: Meteorites or Meteorwrongs

Demonstration of the activity.