In this activity, students model sediment deposition by reading a story that transports them through time and creating strata with deposited artifacts. They then become amateur archaeologists, excavating an archaeological site, cataloging artifacts, and making inferences.
Introduction
Science TEKs and Objectives
4.10(B), 5.10(B), 6.10(C), 7.10(A)
Students will be able to…
Demonstrate how sediment deposition can occur and lead to sedimentary rock formation.
Identify relative ages of strata and archaeological artifacts using the Law of Superposition.
Infer how people lived in past eras based on the artifacts they excavate.
Materials
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