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    Home » United States of Science » Arizona – Barringer Crater

    Arizona – Barringer Crater

    April 20, 2021 By Emma Vanstone Leave a Comment

    Arizona is perhaps most famous for the Grand Canyon, but is also home to the Hoover Dam ( on the border with Nevada ), the spectacular Monument Valley and the Sonoran Desert.

    Did you know that Arizona also has a gigantic crater? The Barringer Crater ( also known as Meteor Crater ) was created instantly when a 50-meter (164-foot), 150,000-ton meteorite crashed into the desert around 50,000 years ago.

    Barringer Crater - Arizona

    Find out more about the Barringer Crater

    You can make your own craters and learn a little about how they form in this easy activity.

    Make your own craters

    You’ll need

    A shallow metal or plastic pan /tray

    White flour

    Hot chocolate powder

    Marbles and different sized balls

    Coloured sand can be used instead of flour and hot chocolate powder, you just need two different colours.

    Making Craters

    Fill the pan/tray about 2 cm deep with flour.

    Lightly sprinkle the hot chocolate powder over the entire surface.

    To make a crater, drop the marbles into the pan one by one. Carefully remove them to see the crater left behind. You’ll notice the flour is brought up to the surface. The demonstrates how the layer of earth below the surface is exposed when a crater forms.

    Investigate with different sizes and weights of balls to investigate how crater size and depth changes.

    This post is part of my United States of Science series with a science experiment or investigation for each state of America!

    Last Updated on April 20, 2021 by Emma Vanstone

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