How Does a Meteor Burnout?

Meteors are most likely pieces of asteroids or comets that travel in outer space.  These rock-like chunks burn up as they enter the earth’s atmosphere.  This fast and easy experiment shows how a meteor burns up as it enters earth’s atmosphere.

 What you need:

Plastic bottle, water, half seltzer tab

Fill bottle with water, drop tablet into water and observe.

More information on meteors:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/skytellers/meteors/activities/trails.shtml

http://starryskies.com/The_sky/events/meteors/meteors.html