Archaeology Project

We divided into 8 groups, and each group hid 8 artifacts in a pan for another group to find. 

Each group then went to an "excavation site."  Their first job was to create grids...

...using golf tees and string.

They worked really well together.

It was interesting to see the different designs they used.

Then they had to draw diagrams of their grids.... labeled correctly!

 

Finally I let them dig!

They had to document all of the artifacts they found.  For example, "Paper clip at D-4."

This group found sunglasses!

Some groups found unidentified artifacts, and had to guess how they might have been used.

We had a fun time learning how archaeologists work at an excavation site.