[meteorite-list] Meteorite Talk/Program Topics

[Gerald Flaherty]

That's good!! Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tett" <tett at rogers.com>
To: "AL Mitterling" <almitt at kconline.com>; "MeteoriteList" 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Talk/Program Topics


> Al,
>
> A few times, I have given an introductory talk about meteorites to the 
> local astronomy club.  After my introduction to meteorites I have a little 
> contest.  For fun, I have taken in some meteorwrongs and have held 
> contests where I will have ~15 samples for review of which ~half are real. 
> The meteorwrongs consist of shatercones, impactite, quartz, and common 
> rocks. The audience then gets to hold the samples and chose which are real 
> an which are not.  I allow lots of questions when they are holding the 
> samples and this leads to fun discussions.  I also have some magnets 
> available for testing.
>
> Thanks for your topic ideas.
>
> Cheers,
>
> tett
> Owen Sound, Ontario
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "AL Mitterling" <almitt at kconline.com>
> To: "MeteoriteList" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 7:33 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Talk/Program Topics
>
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I thought it might be useful for members to share their ideas on various 
>> talks or programs that we present in our communities. It might be a way 
>> to generate some ideas for those of us wanting to present something new 
>> and interesting at future programs. I thought I would list my ideas 
>> first.
>>
>> An example is I just gave a talk on Lunar and Martian Meteorites and how 
>> we know they are from those parent bodies. Here are some other Programs I 
>> have given:
>>
>> The History of Meteorites (How our understanding came about)
>> How To Identify Meteorites
>> Meteorites and Where They Come From (Parent Bodies)
>> Meteorite Types
>> The Mystery of Meteorites
>>
>> I also thought that programs on the following might be of interest.
>>
>> Meteorite Hunter Harvey Nininger
>> Meteorites In The Collection Of (what ever museum)
>> How To Hunt For Meteorites
>> Meteorite Talks On Certain Falls
>> How To Start a Collection Of Meteorites
>> The History of Amateurs Collecting Meteorites
>>
>> I can think of a few others but want to let others chime in if they want. 
>> All my best!
>>
>> --AL Mitterling
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