Rancho Cañada Elementary Science Night 2016
The Moon was about 90% full

Rancho Cañada Elementary Science Night 2016

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Was a blast! Amy brought a tub full of flour and some balls to be our model impactors.

Students gathered around the meteor impact display
Students gathered around the meteor impact display
Our crater-making arena, a tub half-full of flour
Our crater-making arena, a tub half-full of flour
Impact!
Impact!
Aftermath! Many different sizes and shapes of craters
Aftermath! Many different sizes and shapes of craters

The rest of the Science Heads crew operated the telescopes, viewing the Moon, Jupiter, the Pleiades, and the Orion Nebula.

Our handout for the night was on the meteor showers of 2016: