links for educators

Meteorite Links for Educators*
*and other people with insatiable curiosity

The NASA website is a terrific starting point for information about meteorites. Especially check out their Educator Guides and Activities. Be sure to get NASA's extensive guide on Exploring Meteorite Mysteries as a .pdf file. It's long (232 pages) but is chock-full of information and activities.

Tons of micrometeorites fall to the earth each day. Learn how to collect your own, no matter where you live, at the solarviews.com site!

Space.com is a commercial site with late-breaking news and interesting graphics like the one at right.
Meteorite Central has lots of links, including both commercial and educational sites.

Interested in meteorite impact craters? See photos, satellite pix, and computerized images of dozens of impact craters at the Planetary and Space Science Centre of the University of New Brunswick site.

The UCLA meteorite site puts meteorite science in an academic setting.

The Planetary Studies Foundation is run by an alumnus of Northeastern Illinois University who has studied meteorites in Antarctica!

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