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6th grade archaeology internet activities
Geologic Time WebQuest | Earth Science, History of the Earth
Berkeley has a really nice interactive website about Geologic Time. This WebQuest walks students through the interactive in Part I, and in Part II, they get to research a dinosaur of their choice. This usually took my students one class period (40ish minutes). I used it in my 7th grade Earth Science class (I no longer teach 7th grade).The document is in Word, so feel free to modify it as needed for your class.*******WARNING: WEBSITES CHANGE ALL THE TIME. This is out of my control, and sometimes
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â The BIG Middle School Earth Science Bundle!
Virtual Field Trip Introduction to Archaeology | Meet Archaeologists | Careers
Looking for an activity to introduce your students to archaeology? This digital resource lets students explore an excavation to learn about archaeology & ancient Civilizations using technology! It's a great way to introduce your students to the field of archaeology and learn how archaeologists explore the past through artifacts left behind!Your students will learn about the importance of archaeology, take virtual tours of digs, "meet" the scientists, and learn about important historic archa
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4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Archaeology & Anthropology Virtual Field Trip | Careers Digital Resource
Geologic Time Scale WebQuest
This WebQuest is a mini-unit all in itself. It's a great way to introduce or review the Geologic Time Scale. Help students understand what can be an abstract concept.This WebQuest is also ideal sub plans!!This engaging WebQuest can be completed individually, with partners, or in groups. The purpose of this WebQuest is for students to learn about the Geologic Time Scale, the events that are included, and how it is arranged.Some topics in this WebQuest:*strata*Law of Superposition*relative dating
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6th - 8th
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MS-ESS1-4
Also included in:Â Custom Bundle for JoAnna E.
Relative Age and Index Fossils - Digital Interactive Activity
This is an interactive digital activity designed to reinforce the ideas of relative age, the Law of Superposition, and index fossils. Students will physically rearrange and analyze several outcrops to determine the relative age of rock layers and fossils. It is a great activity for distance learning and can be easily used with online learning platforms such as Google Classroom!
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5th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
Otzi the Iceman - Lesson and Webquest
Otzi the Ice Man - What was his life like? - Lesson and WebquestThe main goal of this lesson is to have students examine artifacts from Ötzi, and describe what these artifacts show about Ötzi’s life.*Please note that due to the webquest activity, computers/laptops/ipads are strongly recommended for this lesson*For the lesson, there is a 16 slide PowerPoint that includes:2 Do Now OptionsClass NotesAn Informational Graphic3 Assessment Questions3 Video LinksActivity InstructionsConclusion QuestionA
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6th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Prehistoric Times - Unit Bundle
History and Timeline of Numbers Math Fifth Great Lesson MEGA BUNDLE Montessori
Montessori's fifth great lesson is known as The Story of Mathematics, The Story of Numbers and/or The Story of Numerals. The story begins with the Stone Age system of body-counting and continues on to the decimal number system we use today all over the world and includes the contributions of Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America to our currently used decimal number system. Tell this story with confidence - this resource has everything you need and offers differentiated levels of support. Save
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1st - 6th
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The Bering Land Bridge - Theories of Migrating to the Americas
The Bering Land Bridge – Lesson and ActivityThe main goal of this lesson is to have students examine the Bering Land Bridge crossing, along with new theories that have emerged on human migration to the AmericasYou get a 15 slide PowerPoint with:2 Do Now OptionsClass Notes Informational Graphics3 Video Links2 Assessment QuestionsActivity InstructionsConclusion questions3 Different Activity Options are provided which use 2 different resourcesResource 1 – New Evidence of Human Migration to the Amer
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6th - 11th
Also included in:Â Prehistoric Times - Unit Bundle
Archaeology & Anthropology Virtual Field Trip | Careers Digital Resource
Let your students take a virtual field trip to learn about Archaeology & Anthropology using online technology! This digital resource introduces your students to the branches of Archaeology & Anthropology and the scientists who conduct research in these fields. Your students will learn about the importance of both fields, observe types of fieldwork, "meet" the scientists, discover the relationship between archaeology and anthropology, and learn how fossils, language and cultures are stu
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4th - 7th
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Hominids and Evolution - Lesson and DBQ
Hominids and Evolution – DBQThe main goal of this lesson is to have students compare different hominids and describe how they evolved over time.Check out an alternate version of this lesson here!This lesson comes with a 15 Slide PowerPoint that includes:A Do Now QuestionClass NotesInformational Graphics/ChartsA Video LinkAssessment QuestionsActivity InstructionsA Conclusion QuestionThere are three different activity options based on a 5 document DBQDocument 1 - Human Evolution Image Document 2
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6th - 11th
Also included in:Â Prehistoric Times - Unit Bundle
Fossils - Boom Cards / Distance Learning / Digital Science Task Cards
The Fossils boom card deck was made for students to review and practice what they learned about fossils. It includes true and false questions, differentiating between fossil types, some vocab matching, and more.Check out the preview for a direct link to try out the boom cards.•Boom Cards are compatible with Google Classroom™- Click here to see howTo use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available fo
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Earth Science Bundle - Boom Cards - Rocks and Minerals / Soil / Fossils
Roman Architecture Using Google Earth
This is an activity that allows students to "fly to" Rome using Google Earth and examine 3 major structures as if they were archaeologists. The three structures are the Pantheon, the Colosseum, and the Thermae (Baths) of Caracalla. This resource contains a 2-paged student activity sheet and a third page with possible responses/answers. There are also two websites listed at the bottom of the student sheet that students can use to find out more about the 3 structures when they have completed th
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5th - 8th
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Anthropology Virtual Field Trip Activity | Anthropologists | Careers
Looking for an activity about anthropology? Let your students take a virtual field trip using technology! This digital resource is a great way to introduce your students to the branches of anthropology and learn how anthropologists study people and cultures in the past and present. Your students will learn about the importance of anthropology, observe types of fieldwork, "meet" the scientists, discover the relationship between archaeology and anthropology, and learn how language and cultures ar
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4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Archaeology & Anthropology Virtual Field Trip | Careers Digital Resource
Distance Learning: Early Humans Digital Breakout / Escape Room
:::::DISTANCE LEARNING FRIENDLY! NO PREP!:::::Looking for a digital breakout covering Early Humans? If so, then this is the document for you! All you need is connection to the internet! This breakout is on a Google Form, using response validation.A digital breakout has students find a series of online clues to unlock "locks." Breakouts are a great way to increase student engagement in the 21st century. The 4Cs are incorporated as students must collaborate, communicate, create, and think criti
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5th - 7th
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Cave Art of the Stone Age Google Slides Pear Deck
Engage your students with a journey into the past and analyze the historical significance of cave art with these interactive Pear Deck slides! Your students will watch a brief National Geographic video about cave art and take a virtual tour. They will also have the opportunity to draw their own cave art and describe the differences between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras. This lesson includes constructive writing tasks with analysis questions about different types of cave art.By analyzing sou
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Early Humans Stone Age BUNDLE Pear Decks, Google Docs, and more!
Timeline of Ancient Music to 500 CE Montessori Compatible MEGA BUNDLE Media DL
This timeline of music instruments and artifacts guides you through the evolution of music from 60,000 BCE to 500 CE. You will learn the names and origins of 27 different musical instruments and some contextual information about their history.The digital resource is very unique - it allows the user/learner to interact with nothing to download - simply use the link. See the video for a preview.This resource includes:62 Research Cards (approximately 5.5" high and 5" wide (printed over with 16 page
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2nd - 6th
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Montessori Story of Language Fourth Great Lesson MEGA BUNDLE Media DL
Montessori's fourth great lesson is known as The Story of Written Communication, The Story of Language and/or The Story of Written Language. The story begins with the Stone Age and continues on to the system we use today all over the world and includes the contributions of Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. It even includes a reference to the binary system.Deliver the story with confidence and save yourself hours with this professionally produced, quality resource.This resource includes:An
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1st - 6th
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Different Types of Hominids
Different Types of HominidsThe main objective of this lesson is to have students compare the characteristics and abilities of different types of hominidCheck out an alternate DBQ version of this lesson here!This lesson includes a 20 slide PowerPoint with:Do NowClass NotesInformational Charts, Graphics, and Diagrams2 video LinksAssessment QuestionsActivity InstructionsConclusion QuestionsThere are three different options for the activity, each using Information Cards on five different hominids. (
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6th - 10th
Also included in:Â Prehistoric Times - Unit Bundle
Mesopotamia Virtual Archeology: Sumer and Babylon Virtual Tour
Students learn about ancient Mesopotamia by using four virtual resources: A virtual tour of an archeological site in Babylon, a 3D Reconstruction of Babylon, An analysis of Sumerian artifacts from a museum, and a video of a Ziggurat. A worksheet is provided to analyze these sources, as well as links to all the sources.
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6th - 10th
Great Pyramids Active Listening Comprehension Podcast Activity
Did you know that students can comprehend text up to two grade levels higher if they are listening? This product will help students focus and learn all about robot exploration of the Great Pyramids, original building materials of the pyramids and conspiracy theories about the pyramids. This bundle is designed to go along with the What's So Special About The Great Pyramids of Giza? episode of Cozy Rainbow Podcast. This bundle of worksheets will help students fully comprehend the episode.1. Active
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3rd - 6th
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History of Earth Webquest
Webquest that utilizes a phenomenal free lesson created by the University of California Museum of Paleontology program 'Explorations Through Time' A series of interactive modules that explore the history of life on Earth, while focusing on the processes of science.
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5th - 8th
MUMMIES PROJECT
Mummies. Anthropology. Research. Internet Links.This is a great research project guaranteed to hold your student's interests.Students gain understanding of how professional anthropologists use skills and knowledge from three content areas: science, social studies and English. Students will use scientific inquiry to synthesize and evaluate information. Early discoveries of mummified remains focused on the mummies themselves and the artifacts found with them were largely ignored. Today scientis
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in:Â PREHISTORY UNIT BUNDLE
Create A Creature Taxonomy Project
In this activity, which is based on Carlos Linnaeus' animal classification system, student will identify a new creature that they have discovered. They begin by using their creativity to think of a creature that does not exist. It has them identifying the characteristics of three of the five Kingdoms and then takes them through identifying their creature from Phylum all the way to Species.
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6th - 9th
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Geology of Virginia WebQuest
This webquest has students visit the website https://geology.blogs.wm.edu/ to research the geology of Virginia. The assignment is broken up into physiographic provinces, features many helpful images, and introduces students to the geologic timescale. This can be completed in class as a lab or given to complete as sub plans.
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4th - 12th
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HS-ESS2-1
, HS-ESS2-2
Geologic Change Over Time Fossils Florida BEST 6th Grade Science SC.7.E.6.4
Geologic Change Over Time Fossils Florida BEST 6th Grade Science SC.7.E.6.4 is great for teaching about uniformitarianism, Florida fossils, fossil formation, types of fossilization, the principle of fossil succession, the Continental Drift Theory, the Plate Tectonics Theory and so much MORE! This resource includes:Learning Objectives KWL Chart Modern Geology Reading Florida Fossils ReadingTypes of Fossils and Fossilization (per-mineralization, carbonization, molds and casts, replacement, and am
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
4-ESS1-1
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