Moon Rocks and Meteorites
Stewards pupils were given the exciting and rare opportunity of handling samples of Moon rock and meteorites recently. The Moon rocks came from the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 missions and the meteorites- which could be five billion years old - were found in Egypt, India and Chile. Leading Science Teacher Mrs Tripp said: "How many people can say that they have handled rock from the Moon? Our students had a rare opportunity to do just that and to handle meteorites that came from Mars or were billions of years old."
Stewards pupils were given the exciting and rare opportunity of handling samples of Moon rock and meteorites recently.
The school borrowed samples from the Science and Technology Facilities Council who obtained them from NASA. The Moon rocks came from the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 missions and the meteorites - which could be five billion years old, as old as our solar system - were found in Egypt, India and Chile.
Mrs Trip, a Leading Science Teacher at Stewards, said: "How many people can say that they have handled rock from the Moon? Our students had a rare opportunity to do just that and to handle meteorites that came from Mars or were billions of years old."