Thursday, April 23, 2009
Meteor in Texas
This past February, people in Texas particpated in the Great Texas Fireball Hunt. One afternoon on February 15th, a cameraman filming a game in Austin caught sight of a spectacular fireball up in the sky. Although it wasn't known at the time, the fireball was about 120 miles away over Waco. Dozens of metorite hunters and geologists rushed towards the suspected crash site, hoping to find an impact crater. However, the meteorite broke up before landing, and thousands of fragments were found rather than a large rock. This was very exciting of the scientists, because finds such as this are surprisingly rare.
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1. To the point
ReplyDelete2. Interesting facts
3. Explained the series of events during the "Fireball hunt" well
1. Could have talked about why the geologists wanted to see the impact crater
2. Could have been more descriptive using more info from actual article
1. I learned that a meteorite flew over Texas in a rather rare sighting
1. Good facts
ReplyDelete2. Covered the whole article
3. Easy to follow
1. Could have had more facts
2. Could have broken up into paragraphs
1. I learned that people in Texas participated in a hunt for a fireball
1. Well written
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3. To the point
1. Lack of information
2. Didn't say what the fragments were made of
1. I learned That a meteorite flew over Texas