Archaeologist - Research and Development - Fun Activities

Research and Development - ARCHAEOLOGIST

Big Dig Archaeology Education Centre in the Rocks, Sydney

Primary Middle Secondary Teacher

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Teacher
Each year there is an Archaelogical Dig week where school children can get involved.

Local Copy: Faces of Power - Imperial Portraiture on Roman Coins: Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney (PDF)

Secondary Teacher

Teacher
This is a comprehensive document with details about the Rulers of Rome!

You would need to make up your own activities for students around Ancient History.

Connect 3: Shipwrecks, Seaweed, Climate Change & Marine Archaeologists

Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Cooperative Learning Activity

1. In groups of 4 - 5 students, you are to "Connect 3"! Look at the following chart of Connect 3 and select one row either taken vertically, horizontally or diagonally to complete 3 tasks.

As a group, you need to decide which is the best 3 tasks for your group to complete at a high standard.

Plan an essay discussing the ethics of raiding shipwrecks Give a couple of dot points for each section	Create a short game or activity to explain seagrass and its association with shipwrecks. Include instructions and an explanation of the game or activity	Prepare a slideshow illustrating the career of an Ocean or Marine Archaeologist What are the similarities and differences to a land based Archaeologist?
Draw a short comic or political cartoon that illustrates the importance of The 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage and, a short explanation of the comic	Prepare a short (2) minute talk on the four articles. Include the authors' qualifications, evaluations, and ascertains. What is your opinion based on these ascertains [only]?	Create a mind map [with icons, key words, colour, and links] on the four articles and their content
Create a diagram to illustrate the similarities and differences of each article with each other	Compile a list of recommendations from the articles and create a Tweet to the PM based on these recommendations	Create a Diorama of a Marine Archaelogist discovering a shipwreck along the Western Australian coast

Click here to get this Connect 3 in Word doc.

2. Read the following articles from The Conversation - suggestion: split up the reading between members of the group.

2 November 2018 Reading

27 November 2011 Reading

24 April 2019 Reading

5 July 2019 Reading

3. Reflection

Reflection

Which three activities did you choose? Why? Was one activity a more useful one than the other two activities? Why?

Did You Know?

Protected Zones

Optional Extra - 3 February 2022

Has Captain Cook's ship Endeavour been found? Debate rages, but here's what's usually involved in identifying a ship wreck

The Conversation 3 February 2022 Reading

As a group, read this article together. What details can you add to your Connect 3 presentation about identifying a ship wreck?

Look at the following video - does this answer any of your doubts/concerns?

Finding Endeavour
https://youtu.be/3QPqxsRYjm4

Write up a list of new questions that you would like answered!

Has Australia [the Australian National Maritime Museum] "jumped the gun" in this announcement? Why? Why not? Provide reasons.

Wreck Seeker - Game created by the Australian National Maritime Museum

Primary Middle

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

Teacher

Teacher Lesson Plan notes

Subject: History

Time taken: 40 mins for each of the 6 wrecks

Wreck Seeker - an online educational game for the classroom
https://youtu.be/boqm4oujmSw

Start Game
https://wreckseeker.sea.museum/game

Students become a Marine Archaeologist, dive to a wreck and create an exhibition about it!

Websites, Games & Apps

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WebQuests

Pompeii - Can You Dig It? Primary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability Aztechi, Maya, Incas (In Italian) Web Archive Only	Should visitors be allowed in Pompeii? (PDF) Local Copy Middle Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking