[meteorite-list] Kids say the darndest things
From: Ken Newton <magellon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:43:03 -0500 Message-ID: <47423BA7.9080207_at_earthlink.net> The video: http://www.gainesvillesun.com/article/20071117/MULTIMEDIA/71117017/1033/multimedia best, kn Darren Garrison wrote: > Ooops, cussin' in the subject. > > Anyway, a pair of creative liars and a clueless science teacher. > > http://www.ocala.com/article/20071118/NEWS/211180344/1368/googlesitemapnews > > Fourth-grader finds meteorite in yard > > BY KAREN VOYLES > THE GAINESVILLE SUN > > CEDAR KEY - A fourth-grader got a personal, hands-on lesson in meteorites > earlier this week. > > Jeremiah Barnes, 10, was the featured speaker in science classes at Cedar Key > School Friday, where he explained how he saw the meteorite fall into his yard at > the beginning of the week. > > After seeing an object streak into the yard, Jeremiah told high school classes > he initially thought one of his cousins had thrown something over the fence. > After running over to the object and touching it, Jeremiah said he knew it was > something extraordinary. > > "It burned my finger so I ran in the house and got my sister," Jeremiah said. > > After seeing a blister rise on her brother's index finger, Angel Neese, a > 14-year-old ninth-grader, doused the object with water from the garden house. > Brother and sister watched in fascination as the water being poured into the > shoebox-sized hole made by the object instantly began boiling. > > "It kind of looked like lava from a volcano, but then I remembered what we > learned in [eighth-grade] science class. And I kind of thought it would be a > meteorite," Angel said. After the object cooled, Angel pointed out the metals in > it to her little brother and explained what she remembered about objects > superheating when they entered the Earth's atmosphere. > > Jeremiah presented the molten lump to high school science teacher Richard > Whitman, who confirmed it was a meteorite and called the astronomy department at > the University of Florida to try to figure out the odds of a fourth-grader in > the state's smallest public school actually seeing a meteorite hit the ground. > > "Not a real likely event," Whitman said. "For anyone." > > Jeremiah said he plans to keep the meteorite and is cautious about who gets to > handle his new treasure. After telling his story to the high school science > students, Jeremiah answered questions, then walked from desk to desk allowing > the teenagers to look and touch, but being careful to make sure it remained over > a desk to reduce the risk of an accidental drop. > > "I want to make sure I have it always, and it doesn't ever get broken," Jeremiah > said. > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > Received on Mon 19 Nov 2007 08:43:03 PM PST |
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