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Mapping and Excavating a Jello Mold Lesson PlanMapping and Excavating a Jello Mold Lesson Plan
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Mapping and Excavating a Jello Mold

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Students simulate how archaeologists excavate sites by "searching" their own site in the form of a Jello mold. They use a grid to map the objects in the Jello mold as well as looking at three layers of Jello to understand stratigraphy in archeology.

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archaeology, excavation, stratigraphy

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Grade
3rd - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Inquiry-Based Learning

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