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Stone Tool Scavenger Hunt
Seventh graders use Internet to familiarize themselves with variety of stone tools used by early man, create information chart describing each tool and its purpose, and discuss why tools have survived thousands of years.
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Pottery-making Methods
Students become experimental archaeologists using three methods of pottery making before the invention of the pottery wheel.
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Reconstructing Artifacts
Young scholars investigate artifacts and reconstruct them. In this artifact lesson, students research archaeologists and Native American groups. Young scholars plan a design for a clay pot which represent the Native American artifact.
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Ecoregions of Texas
Students map the ecoregions in Texas and illustrate the vegetation native to the region. They will use their maps to investigate why prehistoric hunter-gatherers might have decided to live in one area over another, such as the ancient...
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La Vie en Cave!
Students explain the purpose of cave paintings and rock art, identify some of the animals that roamed France in prehistoric times, appreciate the methods used by ancient civilization to create cave and rock art, and use appropriate...
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Dino Detectives
As students examine maps of Utah, 4th graders search for clues about what prehistoric life was like in Utah.
Other
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
This site can be viewed in 3 different languages. When a language is chosen information about the institute comes up and icons are presented for more information.
Other
The Royal Tyrrell Muesum
This site includes exhibits of the museum, school programs, public programs, research and resources, etc.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Fossil Fondue
To understand how fossils are formed, students model the process of fossilization by making fossils using small toy figures and melted chocolate. They extend their knowledge to the many ways that engineers aid in the study of fossils,...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Rock Art in the National Parks
Students learn the importance of protecting pictographs as part of their geologic heritage by making their own paint using natural ingredients to create art.
BBC
Bbc Nature: Prehistoric Life: Cambrian Period
Overview of the Earth in the Cambrian Period told by photos, news, and external links with an emphasis on what grew and lived then, the causes of mass extinction, types of fossils, and what life was like in general.
BBC
Bbc Nature: Prehistoric Life: Devonian Period
Overview of the Earth in the Devonian Period told by photos, news, and external links with an emphasis on what grew and lived then, the causes of mass extinction, types of fossils, and what life was like in general.
Other
Starry Skies: How Do Fossils Form?
Directions and materials needed to make a modern day fossil.
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: New Madrid: Sand Blows Are Evidence for Earthquakes
Scroll over this photograph of an excavation to see evidence for prehistoric sand blows. These give evidence for earthquakes and liquefaction in the prehistoric record.
The History Cat
The History Cat: The Neolithic Revolution
A look at some of the earliest humans and their cultures from the prehistoric era.