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

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:13:18 -0500
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The numbers don't lie. Now, who is gonna rain of those Kansas
schoolkids' parade and tell them they are #2? LOL.

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On 1/28/15, Carl Agee via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> I count 225 New Mexico meteorites in the MetBull. That is 0.00185
> meteorites per square mile.
>
> If Kansas has 143 meteorites, then that is 0.00174 meteorites per square
> mile.
>
> I think that puts the Land of Enchantment as the #1 meteorite state :) :)
>
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> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>> Hello Listers
>>
>> I agree Brenham is be the best suited state meteorite Michael.
>> If NY was doing this, it would have to be Peekskill to be the state
>> rock.
>>
>> Mendy I think the teacher was going off the info from  Meteoritical
>> Bulletin Database
>>
>> Here are the results I gathered from there.
>>
>> 116 records found for valid meteorites from United States with places
>> that are exactly "Nevada"
>>
>> 130 records found for valid meteorites from United States with places
>> that are exactly "Arizona"
>>
>> 143 records found for valid meteorites from United States with places
>> that are exactly "Kansas"
>>
>>
>> Shawn Alan
>> IMCA 1633
>> ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html
>> Website http://meteoritefalls.com
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>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Middle school students lobbying Kansas
>>> lawmakers to declare official state rock
>>> From: Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
>>> Date: Wed, January 28, 2015 11:37 am
>>> To: Mendy Ouzillou <mendy.ouzillou at gmail.com>
>>> Cc: Shawn Alan <shawnalan at meteoritefalls.com>, Meteorite Central
>>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>> >> ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html
>>> >> Website http://meteoritefalls.com
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> 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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