Meteorites+by+jasmin

Hi my name is Jasmin! I go to the Amigos School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. My topic is meteorites. Where they come from and why they come to Earth. We went to a field trip to the Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH). There there’s a selection of meteors and meteorites.

We went to the HMNH walking, both 7th grade classes. In the museum there are also sections for Global Warming, we took a class of what Massachusetts looked like before there were humans. I really liked it because we also got to see mammoth hair but thats another wiki.:)

Where do meteorites come from? Meteorites come from asteroids. That’s one thing I learned at the exhibit.

Why do meteorites come to Earth? They come to Earth because another rock bumps into it. Or the rock breaks with it. That’s the cause. Also it's because the gravity of Earth attracts them.

What do meteorites tell us about the origin of the solar system? They show us EVIDENCE of the planets.How the solar system works. They strike Earth about every 100,000 years.

Thank you. Here’s a website: http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/on_exhibit/on_exhibit.html this is another picture of the meteoritetouched by 8th graders again.

Location: 26 oxford street Cambridge, Mass 02138 There you can touch and examine meteorites from outer space and see an interactive video. Enjoy!