Science Sampler: Making an impact -- Shatter cones

by: Lisa M. Blank, Michael R. Plautz, and Jeffrey W. Crews
edited by: National Science Teachers Association

In this geology activity, students visited the Beaverhead, Montana site of a meteor impact and mapped the locations of shatter cones, which are geologic formations characteristic of an impact site. Using a global positioning (GPS) device and the process of scientific inquiry, students created an interactive map of the site and drew conclusions about the size of the impact crater.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 11/1/2004Stock # ss04_028_03_40Volume 028Issue 03

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Good Activity IF you Have Access to GIS

Using real time data and ArcView GIS students investigate shatter cone images in Beaverhead Montana through GPS imaging, some online movie images as well as several data banks of information... See More

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