INQUIRY 8

THE DATING GAME

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DESCRIPTION:
Students decode the date references found on a clipboard in Inspecta Detecta's lab, correlate the time vocabulary to methods of dating, then match the appropriate dating method to particular objects. This activity serves as an introduction to the wide variety of methods used to date objects. The integration of history, science, geography, and language arts helps students understand how to learn about the past through objects.

OBJECTIVES:
1.  To introduce students to object dating techniques relating to historic and pre-historic objects.

2.  To help students learn to apply appropriate dating techniques to various objects.

3.  To help students develop problem-solving and web-search abilities.

RELATED EALRS:
Reading: 2, 3
Science: 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2

Author: SL
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