Did you ever read a news article and wonder about the story? The following stories are shared to encourage you to wonder as well.
How do you do that? Well...one thing is to search for the story on the internet to confirm it is real, if you only hear it from one source, chances are it's made up. Do the stories that are told match facts, tell more details, make you wonder about other stuff as well. |
TOPIC: ROCKS
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Meteor in Lake MI |
space.com
Barnstop is a $100,000 Meteor |
Detroit Free Press
MI Man's Meteor was a doorstop for years |
News Brief
After buying a farm in Edmore, Michigan in 1988, the owner brought the 22.5 pound rock (which he had been using as a doorstop for the last 20 or so years) to Central Michigan University to be examined. Turns out the "rock" that held his barn door open, was actually a meteor worth over $100,000. Turns out it is the "sixth largest recorded find in Michigan...," said Mona Sirbescu, a geology professor at CMU. (Source: space.com see link above). It was understood that the previous owners of the farm saw the meteorite fall from the sky making a huge imprint in the ground in the 1930s and recovered it the next morning while it was still warm. "Using X-ray fluorescence instruments, Sirbescu found that the doorstop meteorite is about 88 percent iron and 12 percent nickel, a metal rarely found on Earth, according to the statement. " (Source: space.com) She then sent a sample to the Smithsonian who confirmed her findings. |
Facts to Ponder...
base some stories on simple facts, others could be challenging ? to make people think hard. Stuff to wonder... What parts of the story caused you to want to learn more,,,that made YOU wonder?
EXAMPLES...
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Your turnHopefully you used the ideas from Facts to Ponder and Stuff to Wonder.
Write down facts, decide what you are most interested in researching, talk to friends or family members about their ideas. What ELSE did YOU think about? Challenge: Make your own story. EXAMPLES: (or come up with your own idea)
Fact based (think who, what, when, where, why, how, etc.)
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