Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past, 25 Activities (13) (For Kids series)

this Activity Book Features 25 Projects Such As Making A Surface Survey Of A Site, Building A Screen For Sifting Dirt And Debris At A Dig, Tracking Soil Age By Color, And Counting Tree Rings To Date A Find, Teaches Kids The Techniques That Unearthed Neanderthal Caves, Tutankhamun’s Tomb, The City Of Pompeii, And Tenochtitlan, Capital Of The Aztec Empire. Kids Will Delight In Fashioning A Stone-age Tool, Playing A Seriation Game With Old Photographs Of Cars, “reading” Objects Excavated In Their Own Backyards, And Using Patent Numbers To Date Modern Artifacts As They Gain An Overview Of Human History And The Science That Brings It Back To Life. courier-news attractive Volume This book provides 25 activities giving children hands-on archeological experience, teaches how archaeologists work, and shows what they have discovered from digging up prehistoric bones between the time when dinosaurs roamed the earth to the uncovering of modern artifacts at a contemporary office building. Ancient civilizations come to life as children see how archaeology uncovers the mysteries of the past. It allows children to read about many ancient civilizations like the Babylonian, the Shang Dynasty, and the Sumerians. Students discover how the great Egyptian pyramids were built and how the lost city of Troy was finally found. (Contains sidebars, maps, photographs, illustrations, a glossary of terms, a detailed timeline, and a related Web sites section.) (BT) This activity book features 25 projects such as making a surface survey of a site, building a screen for sifting dirt and debris at a dig, tracking soil age by color, and counting tree rings to date a find, teaches kids the techniques that unearthed Neanderthal caves, Tutankhamun's tomb, the city of Pompeii, and Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire. Kids will delight in fashioning a stone-age tool, playing a seriation game with old photographs of cars, ℗اreading" objects excavated in their own backyards, and using patent numbers to date modern artifacts as they gain an overview of hum Twenty five activities support an overview of the science of archaeology as well as some of the secrets it has revealed from ancient civilizations throughout the world.