Space Rocks, Ice Balls, and Things That Go Splat!

Materials Meteorite examination A couple of meteorites A few rocks (obsidian, lava, granite) A small magnet A moon made of flour Small swimming pool 30 lbs of flour Large can of chocolate drink mix Approx 30 small rocks Tarp, newspapers Make a comet Ice shaver machine Ice cubes Sand Clean pebbles Dust (chichilla dust - fine pumice - works well) Bowls (approx. 30) Paper towels (to clean hands) Pictures of comets, asteroids, Comet Shoemaker-Levy Moon Meteor crater Mars craters Eros asteriod Comet West Handouts YSE sheet "What's Up?" Pictures of comets, craters, etc. Hubble pictures, stickers, bookmarks Evaluation form Outline Do rocks fall from the sky? About shooting stars and meteors. What do meteorites look like? Inspect some meteorites and rocks. Use magnet on iron-nickel meterorite. What happens when they hit the Moon? Pictures of craters on the Earth and Moon. Take turns making craters in the flour Moon. Does it look like the real Moon? What are comets? Dirty snowballs. Pictures of comets. Make little comets from ice, sand, pebbles, and dust. What happens when a comet hits something? Jupiter and Comet Shoemaker-Levy. Pictures.