[meteorite-list] Middle school students lobbying Kansas lawmakers to declare official state rock

From: Mendy Ouzillou <mendy.ouzillou_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:04:55 -0800
Message-ID: <CAC1egUqY3D_zQSKn3JFVAbF_Pp16btDHGUTZPZ2gKQqFf8qReQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

Michael, you are 100% correct. When I did the search on the MetBull, I
must have set the search up incorrectly and it showed both Arkansas
and Kansas.

Mendy

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:
> Why would Cabin Creek be a better choice? It is from Arkansas.
> Brenham, definitely
>
> Michael Farmer
>
>> On Jan 28, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Mendy Ouzillou via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm just probably a "meanie", but I think this effort is misguided
>> though certainly better than making the state rock "limestone". The
>> children calculated that somehow, Kansas has more meteorites per
>> square mile (not sure if finds, falls, or hits) than anywhere else in
>> the US (if finds then sorry Arizona and Nevada). I am happy to see
>> that calculations were done though disappointed that their teacher did
>> not better guide their efforts. Finally, the picture in the article is
>> clearly of a beautiful Sikhote Alin. I wonder how well that will go
>> over with the state legislators. Maybe Cabin Creek would have been a
>> better choice. :-)
>>
>> Mendy
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 1:38 AM, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list
>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>>> Hello Listers
>>>
>>> I hope it passes be cool for Kansas have a meteorite for a state rock :)
>>>
>>> Shawn Alan
>>> IMCA 1633
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>>>
>>>
>>> SHAWNEE, Kan. ? A group of local middle school students are lobbying
>>> to change state history. The students with Monticello Trails Middle
>>> School, which is part of the De Soto School District, are headed to
>>> Topeka to argue for an official state rock.
>>>
>>> Chris Sprenger, an 8th grade student at the school, is determined to
>>> make the meteorite the official Kansas state rock.
>>>
>>> ?The meteorite really has a connection with Kansas that it really
>>> doesn?t have with any of the other states in the U.S.,? Sprenger
>>> said.
>>>
>>> Sprenger and more than 100 other students in the district pitched the
>>> bill to Representative Brett Hildabrand.
>>>
>>> Lobbying for a state rock has challenged the students across the board.
>>> In social studies they?ve learned how bills are passed, in science
>>> they?ve learned about geology and rocks and in communication arts
>>> they?ve spent hours working on their proposal essays.
>>>
>>> source:http://fox4kc.com/2015/01/27/middle-school-students-lobbying-kansas-lawmakers-to-declare-official-state-rock/
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