Discovery Play Activities with Your Young Child: Meteorites & Craters

Authors:

Victoria Waters

Publication Date:

revised 5/10/2021

Sometimes we see flashes of light shooting across the sky at night.

These streaking fireballs, or shooting stars, begin as meteoroids from space and become meteors when they enter our Earth’s atmosphere.

And if the meteor makes it to Earth’s surface, it becomes a meteorite.  Sometimes if the meteorite is large enough it can create a crater when it crashes into the ground.

 

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Audience: 

  • Families

Developmental stage: 

  • 3-5

Setting: 

  • Home

Resource Type: 

  • Activity cards (playtime, daily routines)

Topic: 

  • Science

Level of Intended Impact: 

  • Knowledge application

Language: 

  • English

Developer / Author: 

  • STEMIE

Routines and Everyday Activities: 

  • Playtime (indoors & outdoors)

Resources for Families: 

  • Discovery Play Activities