The next meeting is Thursday, May 22, 6:30p. at the Education Center
Please join us for our Pebble Pups meeting in the HGMS Education Center at the Sandra Moon Community Center, located at 7901 Bailey Cove Road SE, Huntsville, AL. We can’t wait to see you there!
Last month was all about caves! Randall Blackwood from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources joined us for our meeting to continue our conversation on cave systems. We learned how caves are formed, what causes the formations that are found inside the caves, and we talked about what can be found inside caves. We had a chance to see the process of erosion in action to get a better idea of how caves are formed and we set up an experiment to see if we can make some of our very own stalactites and stalagmites.
This month we will start by checking our progress – let’s see if we were able to make some stalactites and stalagmites!! We will only be talking about that briefly because then we are going to blast off to talk about space rocks! We have a special guest from the Von Braun Astronomical Society coming to talk to us about asteroids, meteors, meteorites, and all the other rocks you can find in space. Do you know what the difference between an asteroid and a meteor is? Join us to talk more about them and learn what they have to tell us about the planet we live on!
If you are interested in joining us, please reach out to Suzanne Miller at HGMSPebblePups@gmail.com.
Suzanne Miller and crew Angela, Kendall, Theresa, Matthew, Dee Dee, Bill, Jeff, and Mike
About Pebble Pups
The Pebble Pups is a program for youngsters to learn more about the world around us, concentrating on rocks, minerals, fossils, and geology. We offer field trips, too. Interested children and grands of members, ages 8 to 18 years old are welcome to come join us to investigate and discover rocks, minerals, gems and fossils. For contact information, please email hsvgems@gmail.com.
More information about the Future Rockhounds of America program can be found at AFMS Juniors – FRA Badge Program (amfed.org).
Did You Know?
June: Pearl – Produced in the bodies of marine and freshwater mollusks either naturally or cultured by people with great care. Lustrous, smooth, subtly colored pearls are jewelry staples, especially as strands. Alexandrite – The color-change variety of the mineral chrysoberyl. Bluish green in daylight, purplish red under incandescent light; hard and durable. Top quality examples are rare and valuable. Source: 
