The network was buzzing with a report of a celestial body landing in Queensland, and its image was quickly distributed
The meteor story turned out to be just a chore
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Melanda Elementary School, in the far north of Queensland, has made headlines in recent days and made a big noise across Australia and even around the world, all following a social assignment given to students.
The story began with a report of a giant meteor landing on the school grounds gaining momentum on social media, and the celestial body image spread like wildfire.
Police forces arrived at the scene and surrounded the burning rock with a fence.
After all this, the school students did not know that the climax of the event was still ahead of them.
The next request was not expected by any of the teachers and students as they worked on the task, as NASA experts themselves approached the school for a report of the unusual incident. ", Said Mark Allen, the school's principal.
To the disappointment of the surfers, it finally became clear that this was not a real meteor at all, but rather a scientific-social task that the school organized for its students in collaboration with local police forces, who were prepared for it and even eager to take part in the challenging task.
The task, which was intended for students only and got out of control, forced the school to issue a clarification notice on the matter, tell the sequence of events and report that the meteor is not real and is a school operation only.
The school principal, said: "This was just a task on our behalf that was carried out together with the local police forces who were very happy to perform it together with the school staff for the young students. In time, a huge wave of inquiries came from all over the world. The meteor is just a chore. "
