Our first week of Archaeology camp has been great! We have
been exploring many ancient civilizations and even got to visit another museum
on campus!
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| Classifying the items from the "doohickey" kits! |
On Monday, we explored the excavation process by gridding
our own Archaeology site. We learned about how archaeologists locate artifacts
within a site by dividing it up into grid units, and how the locations of
artifacts can help us determine their use. We also did some classification activities! We classified artifacts from a
mining camp and from a "doohickey" kit. Classification helps archaeologists to determine the relationships
between objects and the culture they belonged to.
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| Sketching the gridded site. |
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| Classifying the items from our "doohickey" kits! |
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| Making a grid of our dig site! |
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| Learning about mummies at the Kelsey Museum! |
On Tuesday, we took a field trip to the Kelsey Museum of
Archaeology and talked about Egypt. We saw a mummy presentation, where we
learned about the mummification process and the importance of preserving bodies
in Egyptian culture. Then we took a tour of the gallery and made our very own
Hieroglyphic scrolls!
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| Learning about mummies at the Kelsey Museum. |
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| Charlie's name in hieroglyphics. |
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| Making our hieroglyphic scrolls. |
On Wednesday, we saw a Planetarium Show about the stars of
the Egyptian pharaohs. Then we learned about and built the Great Pyramid of
Khufu!
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| Roni's group putting together their pyramids. |
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| The finished product!! |
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| Finding different mythological "monsters" on the scavenger hunt! |
On Thursday, we braved the art fair and went back to the
Kelsey Museum, but this time we learned about Ancient Greece! First, we saw a
Greek Mythology presentation where we learned about the Greek gods. Then we
went on a Scavenger Hunt in the galleries and saw all sorts of “monsters” from
ancient civilizations! Finally, we ended our visit by making Medusa
headdresses.
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| Making the Medusa headdresses. |
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| The discuss throwing event. |
On Friday, we participated in our own Greek Olympics,
complete with a Javelin (Straw) Throw, Long Jump and Chariot (Wheelbarrow)
Race! Then we learned about
Greek Pots and designed our own.
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| The straw Javelin throw. |
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| Miles running for his team in the "race in arms" relay race. |
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| The relay race! |
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| The wheelbarrow chariot race! |
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| Zaynah and her beautiful Greek Pot! |
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| Looking at traditional Greek Pots while designing our own! |
We had a great week learning about archaeological processes
and ancient civilizations, and are excited to see some budding junior
archaeologists!
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