tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229021710768107501.post2667867011524543430..comments2024-01-06T03:56:32.333-05:00Comments on The SAS Bulletin Online: Promoting Archaeological Science to Kids (With Jello?)Andrew Zipkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16496364396058592465noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229021710768107501.post-58158556768798041412010-07-05T16:54:20.939-04:002010-07-05T16:54:20.939-04:00Jello - a dessert blast from my childhood.
When I...Jello - a dessert blast from my childhood.<br /><br />When I do career presentation to local 5th graders, I do the "magnet in a box" to demonstrate geophysics. I place a magnet on a grid inside a box, have the students make measurements with a handheld digital magnetometer on the surface of the box, have them record the measurements on a similar grid on the surface, and infer the location of the buried magnet. Although I don't present this as archaeological science per se, when I ask the students what they might want to find underground, they always answer (dinosaur) bones or buried (archaeological) treasure.<br /><br />As for my own seminal archaeological science moment, that is a longer story for another time.Rob Sternberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01612449964830289194noreply@blogger.com