Education Standards
Archaeology in a Box Paired Worksheet - PDF
Archaeology in a Box Lesson Plan - 3rd Grade
Overview
Sample Elemtary School Lesson Plan
Grade 3
Background Information
Duration
20 minutes
Behavioral objective
Students will learn to identify each 3D printed manipulative and explain its historical function in a 20-25 minute period in small groups.
Assessment
Teacher will collect the paper that each student had to fill out about their artifact.
Materials and/or equipment
- 3D printed objects in paper boxes
- Guided worksheet
- Smartboard to view website as a class
- Pencils
Anticipatory set
Teaching procedures/sequence - Anticipatory set
- Introduce the lesson topic for the day.
- We will be using different 3D printed manipulatives for students to explore objects that have been found in PA and make educated guesses about what the object is, what it was used for, and how old it is.
- If necessary, share a slide or orally discuss vocabulary for the lesson.
Development
Teaching procedures/sequence - Development
- In small groups, students will move to different locations around the classroom and look at the artifact that is already in a box at that location.
- Students will have 4 minutes to look at the artifact and write their ideas about the artifact down on a worksheet.
- Students will switch to one more location and see a different artifact. They will have another 4 minutes to repeat the same steps.
- Following exploration at 2 locations, we will come back together as a class. Each group will have the chance to share their predictions about the artifact before going over the real information on the Archaeology in a Box website.
- If time allows after looking at the website, students will fill out on the worksheet if their predictions were correct. If there is not enough time, we also may finish this at another time.
Closure:
Teaching procedures/sequence - Closure
- Teacher will collect worksheets to assess information that was learned by each student.