Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Archaeology









Today we become archaeologists in Mrs. Haley's class. We used many resources to learn the job of an archaeologist including some websites that simulated a missions dig. We watched a Bill Nye video and read about the process of studying artifacts in our social studies book. After all of the great detective work and discussions, we received a letter from the Archaeologist Association of America. They needed our help to find out information about some ancient artifacts. The students worked hard to piece together the artifact, collect data about its characteristics, and finally make an inference about its origin.