Impact Scenarios in the classroom is an activity that was performed during the astronomy school which is annually organized by the Astronomy and Space Society of Volos. It is based on inquiry learning principles and on an interdisciplinary approach of the subject of meteorite impacts on earth. The primary goal is to fit the down2earth model (http://education.down2earth.eu/impact_calculator) output data to existing geographical and geological information concerning two lakes in Magnesia (Central Greece) which it is suspected to be the product of a meteoric collision in the past. In the final stages of the activity conclusions are drawn on the trajectory and dimensions of the meteorite itself and an attempt is made to predict, through the model output, the devastation effect of such an impact in two nearby towns, if the event was taking place today.
The activity was initialy asigned as a project work to a group of two students (age 16). It was presented in the classroom at the end of the courses and the presenteation convinced the entire class to organize an expedition to the lakes