Two students stand on dry ground holding something small in their hands.

One students holds up a meteorite they found with their thumb and pointer finger.

One student prepares to test if a sample they found is a meteorite by holding it near a magnet.

A student smiles with their meteorite attached to a magnet next to their face.

The main mission of the EEPS 417/617 field trip was to find Meteorites, or space rocks that make it through Earth's atmosphere and hit the ground (NASA). Students were armed with magnets and, as you can see, many were successful!

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