Investigating the Ring People in the coastal zone requires scientists of many disciplines. The technology of archaeology goes far beyond shovels.
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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Grades: 4, 6, 8
Students learn about the atlatl, a prehistoric throwing tool that uses leverage, then build and test replicas to measure the increase in throwing distance compared to throwing by hand. They discuss...
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Grades: 6, 7
Students become archaeologists for a day, creating scaled drawings of a mock excavation unit to document its features and artifacts. Through this activity, they explore the importance of accurate...
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Grades: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Students design a mock archaeological site and simulate a survey using punch holes to represent shovel test pits. They then discuss the limitations of this method and explore how geophysics offers a...
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Grades: 3, 6
Students brainstorm examples of artifacts archaeologists might find in prehistoric South Carolina and then analyze photos of real artifacts to understand how archaeologists use them to learn about...
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Grades: 8
Students build a miniature landscape in a sandbox and use tools to measure elevations at various points. By converting these measurements and coloring a graph, they create a 2D elevation model similar...
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Grades: 3, 6
Students learn about mollusks, their characteristics and habitats, and how their shells provide clues to the diet of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived on the South Carolina coast thousands of years...
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Students explore the concept of radioactive decay and half-life through a penny-flipping activity, then learn how this principle is used in radiocarbon dating to estimate the age of ancient organic...
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Grades: 3, 5, 6, 8
Students build model beaches and use waves to simulate coastal erosion, observing how it disturbs and destroys archaeological sites. They then explore engineering solutions to reduce erosion and...
