Friday, February 15, 2013
"Out of the Blue"
I teach science and my curriculum includes the study of space, so I found this story to be fascinating. I can't remember another news story during my teaching career that a meteor of this size entered the earth's atmosphere. This happened today over Moscow, Russia and the sonic boom it created broke windows and injured more than 500 people. The fragments (meteorites) that actually made it to the ground left a 20 foot crater. Another significant space event today is the passing of an asteroid close enough to be in the ring of synchronous weather and communications satellites, but not close enough to collide with earth. (Well, that's good news!)You can read all about this and other things happening in space on NASA's official website.
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Another great example of how the things we are learning about do apply to our lives. It would be interesting to see what ideas your students would have to minimize or elimate the damage caused by these meteors. (The move Armageddon)
ReplyDeleteWhat would they do to ensure their survivability in a situation like this.
Is it better to advise the public sooner or later?