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8th grade archaeology pdfs
Dinosaurs Printable Full-Page Outline / Template / Coloring Sheet for ALL Grades
This is a pack of 20 BLANK (black and white) hand-drawn dinosaurs. They are full-page printable worksheets that can be used for hundreds of ideas in your classroom, across all grades and subjects! The animals are drawn realistically, rather than in a cartoon fashion.
Also included is a table of contents with information on the dinosaur's approximate age, type, diet (carnivore, herbivore, omnivore), and average size (height and/or length).
These would be fun and meaningful activities to incor
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PreK - 8th
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Machu Picchu - Misterios de una Maravilla, Distance Learning Spanish
Today I bring you a material on a topic that I find very interesting and my students love... Everyone has ever heard of Machu Picchu, but this place hides much more of what we know! This activity can be both physically and digitally used.It includes: P1: - Text "The Lost City of the Incas". P2: - Synthesize what was understood in each paragraph. - Interpret and translate with simple words (this activity is one of my favorites for reading comprehension). P3: - What paragraph does the descriptio
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8th - 12th
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HISTORY DETECTIVE: Death of Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut- Primary Source Analysis
Another installment of HISTORY DETECTIVE. This time, students will tackle the unexplained death and then social disappearance of Ancient Egypt's Queen Hatshepsut. After analyzing sources, annotating the documents, and weighing evidence, your detectives will make a claim and defend their claim regarding Queen Hatshepsut's death and legacy.
BACKGROUND: Hatshepsut was a royal princess, the eldest daughter of the great general Tuthmosis I and his consort Queen Ahmose. Pharaoh Hatshepsut enjoyed
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5th - 10th
Determing Relative Age of Rock Layers: An Investigative Approach
In this activity students get a chance to apply their knowledge and understanding of paleontology to determine the relative age of rock layers and what types of conditions existed to produce them, as well as conceptualizing the use of index fossils to gleam information about Earth's geologic history.
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5th - 10th
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Maya Calendar Pack
A digital download of the materials required for both making and learning how to read the 52 Maya calendar round. Includes a template of the calendar, with 5 separate rings to cut out, information on how to use it and a quiz.A great teaching aid in understanding how the Maya calendar works. The template can be printed for each child and they can make their own calendar to keep!Consists of 4 A4 sheets.
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Written in Bone by Sally M. Walker: A Nonfiction Book Study Unit
Written in Bone by Sally M. Walker: A Nonfiction Book Study Unit is designed for teachers of students reading Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland by Sally M. Walker (Carolrhoda Books, Lerner Publishing Group, 2009). This engaging nonfiction book will inform your students about scientists and their work to excavate and investigate archaeological sites in the Chesapeake Bay area.
Features of this book study include:
*A teacher's page with suggestions for usin
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5th - 8th
Video Worksheet (Movie Guide) for Bill Nye - Fossils
These video worksheets allow students to follow along as they watch the listed Bill Nye video.
Watching a video is no longer a passive activity!! Students are engaged during the video as they must listen AND write at the same time; definitely an important skill for students to master.
Each video worksheet includes fill-in-the blank, true/false, and/or short answer questions. Count this as a grade or go over the answers at the end of the video as a supplement to notes or a test study guide.
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6th - 10th
Also included in: Video Worksheets (Movie Guides) for Bill Nye - Living Things Bundle
Archaeologist Classroom Artifact Worksheet
Archaeologist Classroom Artifact Worksheet
This simple 2 -page worksheet encourages students to think like an archaeologist by selecting an object from your classroom to analyze as if it was 500 years in the future.
A directions sections explains how students must theorize what the object's purpose was, who used it, and what it tells them about our civilization. After taking notes on the object in a provided space, students turn over their papers and write a narrative about their findings and
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5th - 9th
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Bill Nye the Science Guy - Fossils
Includes 3 different handouts with answer keys to accompany the Bill Nye the Science Guy video for Fossils. The handouts include 2 fill-in-the-blanks (same questions, but 1 includes a word bank) and a fill-in-the-blank for the song at the end! You can use any of the handouts to fit your needs including just singing the song at the end without filling in the blanks! The questions are in order so they do not have to worry about searching all over the page to complete it all.
The videos can be p
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Rock Strata Doodle Notes & Quiz
-DIFFERENTIATED CONCEPT NOTES -QUIZ -ANSWER KEYS -RIGOROUSDo your students love to doodle while taking notes? Don't fight it, embrace it with Doodle Notes (aka Squiggle Sheets)!!!These notes are not only fun but help students to meet Next Generation Science Standards.Notes are differentiated. 3 versions are included. Use the included answer key or choose to use the blank version to make the notes your own.Some things covered in these notes:*definitions*layers*relative age*Law of Superposition*P
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6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
Also included in: Custom Bundle for JoAnna E.
Pangea (Pangaea) and FOSSILS: Come Explore and Answer HOW WE KNOW!
Kids know about Pangaea but do they know WHY WE THINK PANGAEA ONCE EXISTED? Probably not! Everyone knows about the puzzle fit but is that really enough scientific evidence? No way. In this activity, come explore the relationship between Pangaea and index fossils.
This activity is a portion of the larger fossil tutorial/matching/identification LAB posted on TPT.
FULL VERSION CLICK HERE
Students begin with a tutorial on fossil terminology (definitions and images): cast fossils, mold fossil
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3rd - 9th
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Mystery Mania - The Mummy's Curse (Ancient Egypt Activity + Mini Unit)
A terrible curse has been unleashed at the Museum of Ancient Civilizations, and it’s up to your students to solve the mystery and break the curse! You’ve been working with the renowned Professor O’Connell on the new Ancient Egypt exhibit, but when you came into the museum this morning, the professor and three other people had vanished overnight! The professor had left a hastily scrawled message: Beware the Order of M. Security has detained an intruder, and he gloats that he has indeed cast the
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5th - 8th
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Paleontology / Geologic Time Scale: Crossword Puzzle
This traditional crossword puzzle is designed to assess students understanding, as well as reinforce concepts. Paleontology/ Geologic Time Scale covered topics include: relative age, absolute age,Eras, Periods, fossil types, etc. This worksheet serves as a companion with the other Paleontology / Geologic Time Scale content products available at the Kool School store.
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6th - 12th
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Law of Superposition Practice CER - NO PREP
Looking for a way to assess your students understanding of the law of superposition and rock strata? Look no further! This practice CER is perfect for you!Included:Background Information about 4 speciesDiagram (illustration) of four different rock layers with fossils insideCER QuestionAnswer KeyInformationThe CER question asks students to identify the correct chronological order of the species using their knowledge of rock layers, geologic time, and the law of superposition.As always, any feedba
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS4-1
Also included in: 8th Grade Science Practice CER BUNDLE - NO PREP
Bill Nye the Science Guy - Archaeology
Includes 3 different handouts with answer keys to accompany the Bill Nye the Science Guy video for Archaeology. The handouts include 2 fill-in-the-blanks (same questions, but 1 version includes a word bank) and a fill-in-the-blank for the song at the end! You can use any of the handouts to fit your needs including just singing the song at the end without filling in the blanks! The questions are in order so they do not have to worry about searching all over the page to complete it all.
The video
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Back to School Archaeology Lesson Plan - Beginning of the Year Social Studies
Let your students pretend to be archaeologists and conduct a dig in their classroom in this back to school activity, or whenever you want to introduce them to the field of archaeology. Students will analyze artifacts and record their observations, then do a follow-up writing task. This activity will help your students develop their information writing, critical thinking, and vocabulary skills. ✓ Please note: * This resource is included in a money-saving Back to School Bundle, which you can fin
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5th - 8th
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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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Bring in a Bag of Artifacts! Students learn about archaeology and each other!
This is a half-page handout that gives directions for a fun activity that allows students to learn about each other while broadening their understanding of how archaeologists use artifacts to uncover clues about early human life.The handout summarizes the role of an archaeologist, defines artifacts, and describes the activity. Students are asked to fill a paper bag with 3-5 items from home that will give the class clues about their lives. They bring in the filled bag the next day, and their cl
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3rd - 8th
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FOSSILS PROJECT
Fossils. Geology. Anthropology.Nothing intrigues a middle school student like a good mystery.Challenge your students to explore,discover and question as they probe the mysterious fossilized Laetoli trackway discovered by the famed anthropologist Mary Leaky.I teach this mini unit within my Rocks and Minerals unit. The inquiry question posed is: What do rocks reveal about our past? Students soon discover that fossils in rocks contain tantalizing clues about Earth's past.The outline of the unit is
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5th - 8th
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Dinosaur Classroom Themed Pack - Activities and Worksheets.
This is a unit of work is based around the theme of dinosaurs. The unit is heavily biased towards research, literacy and science.This unit is the updated version of a previous unit on dinosaurs, featuring an extra 35 pages of activities.There are 65 pages of activities which can be spread over 4 weeks, the project topics included could be researched in depth which would assist students understanding of the topic and increase the length of time required to complete the unit. I feel that the unit
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3rd - 8th
Relative Dating and the Principle of Superposition Fossil Activity NGSS* Aligned
This fossil activity will have your students collecting information about fossil layers on the first day and then using the fossils to place the layers in chronological order. I have typically used this lesson after I have introduced fossils and the principle of superposition. I have included a few ideas of what I use for those introduction activities for you in addition to the fossil activity. This fossil activity has really helped my students to better understand how relative dating and the
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7th - 10th
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MS-LS4-1
National Geographic Lost City of Machu Picchu Viewing Guide (2019)
This 20 question viewing guide and answer key accompany the National Geographic special from 2019. The google slide copy link is on the credits page.
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: National Geographic History Viewing Guide BUNDLE
Greek PARTHENON 3D Model Greece Ancient Athens Acropolis Paper Diorama
The Parthenon a temple located on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. It was dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patroness. Construction started in 447 BC when the Delian League was at the peak of its power. In 1687, this building was almost complete destroyed. Create your own 3D model of the iconic Parthenon ruins with intricate detail and step-by-step instructions - you'll feel like you're really there! Learn the parts of the Parthenon and study the three m
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1st - 8th
Dig! Archaeology at Work Resource Bundle
How to archaeologists and other history professionals investigate the ancient past?
Use the Archaeology at Work Resource Bundle to answer this question and engage your students in their Year 7 study of investigating the past.
Australian Curriculum Link: ACDSEH001
This resource is delivered as a PDF in A4 size.
So, what's included?
✓ Dozens of ideas to introduce the unit, dig a little deeper and get creative with it!
✓ Engaging 800-word article entitled A Day in My Life on an Egyptian Exca
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6th - 8th
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