Events, Workshops & Programs
National RURAL STEM Conference - Project Archaeology Investigating Shelter Teacher Workshop
WHO: Formal and informal science teachers
WHAT: Project Archaeology Investigating Shelter workshop
WHERE: Community Foundation of Tucson Meeting Room, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson AZ 85711
DATE: Tuesday, June 4, 2024
TIME: 9am – 4pm
COST: $50
REGISTRATION SITE: azruralstemsummit.net/2024-registration
Did you study archaeology in elementary school? Probably not. But why not? Archaeology is a science that uses tools to understand a bigger system. Students can apply their knowledge of archeology to better understand diverse cultures and to solve contemporary problems in preservation.
Discover the past through evidence from an archaeological site in Arizona! This six-hour
workshop will demonstrate how investigating an archaeological dig of a Native American pithouse, using the tools of scientific inquiry, helps students understand past people and cultures. Explore new ways to engage students through hands-on inquiry-based learning using curriculum that aligns with Arizona State Standards. Transform your classroom into a community of student archaeologists who ask questions, make observations and support their inferences with evidence, analyze primary sources, relate culture to their own lives, and passionately share what they learn in a variety of ways.
Lunch, one copy of Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter, one copy of Project Archaeology: Investigating a Pithouse (a $80 total value), and a certificate of completion for six professional development hours will be provided to all workshop participants. The first 15 workshop participants will receive a $25 stipend and all attendees will have a chance to win classroom tools related to the Investigating Shelter curriculum.
National Project Archaeology is offering several workshops this summer!
The national Project Archaeology program is offering several teacher workshops this June. Here's your chance to travel and learn about these amazing curriculums! PA is presenting Investigating Food and Land in Las Vegas, NV, Investigating a Roman villa in West Lafayette, IN, Investigating Rock Art: Painted Bluff in Huntsville AL and Investigating Archaeology and the Great Basin in Klamath Falls, OR. Please check out their website: https://projectarchaeology.org/events/
Online Workshop in ASU Career Catalyst: Project Archaeology Investigating Shelter
Educators - we now have an online Investigating Shelter Teacher Workshop! Arizona Project Archaeology is offering a self-paced Investigating Shelter Teacher Workshop through Arizona State University's Career Catalyst program. This interactive online workshop will present archaeological inquiry-based lessons featuring an enduring understanding, essential question and assessment, with teacher tools such as background information, materials list, word bank and interactive classroom exercises. This curriculum meets many essential Arizona Education Standards. The workshop is sponsored by Institute for Heritage Education grant funds and individual donations. Each teacher will receive the Project Archaeology Investigating Shelter curriculum (a $49.95 value). Workshop completion will generate a certificate for eight professional development hours.
The Project Archaeology Investigating Shelter online course is open on the ASU Career Catalyst site - Register NOW!
WHO: Formal and informal science teachers
WHAT: Project Archaeology Investigating Shelter workshop
WHERE: Community Foundation of Tucson Meeting Room, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson AZ 85711
DATE: Tuesday, June 4, 2024
TIME: 9am – 4pm
COST: $50
REGISTRATION SITE: azruralstemsummit.net/2024-registration
Did you study archaeology in elementary school? Probably not. But why not? Archaeology is a science that uses tools to understand a bigger system. Students can apply their knowledge of archeology to better understand diverse cultures and to solve contemporary problems in preservation.
Discover the past through evidence from an archaeological site in Arizona! This six-hour
workshop will demonstrate how investigating an archaeological dig of a Native American pithouse, using the tools of scientific inquiry, helps students understand past people and cultures. Explore new ways to engage students through hands-on inquiry-based learning using curriculum that aligns with Arizona State Standards. Transform your classroom into a community of student archaeologists who ask questions, make observations and support their inferences with evidence, analyze primary sources, relate culture to their own lives, and passionately share what they learn in a variety of ways.
Lunch, one copy of Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter, one copy of Project Archaeology: Investigating a Pithouse (a $80 total value), and a certificate of completion for six professional development hours will be provided to all workshop participants. The first 15 workshop participants will receive a $25 stipend and all attendees will have a chance to win classroom tools related to the Investigating Shelter curriculum.
National Project Archaeology is offering several workshops this summer!
The national Project Archaeology program is offering several teacher workshops this June. Here's your chance to travel and learn about these amazing curriculums! PA is presenting Investigating Food and Land in Las Vegas, NV, Investigating a Roman villa in West Lafayette, IN, Investigating Rock Art: Painted Bluff in Huntsville AL and Investigating Archaeology and the Great Basin in Klamath Falls, OR. Please check out their website: https://projectarchaeology.org/events/
Online Workshop in ASU Career Catalyst: Project Archaeology Investigating Shelter
Educators - we now have an online Investigating Shelter Teacher Workshop! Arizona Project Archaeology is offering a self-paced Investigating Shelter Teacher Workshop through Arizona State University's Career Catalyst program. This interactive online workshop will present archaeological inquiry-based lessons featuring an enduring understanding, essential question and assessment, with teacher tools such as background information, materials list, word bank and interactive classroom exercises. This curriculum meets many essential Arizona Education Standards. The workshop is sponsored by Institute for Heritage Education grant funds and individual donations. Each teacher will receive the Project Archaeology Investigating Shelter curriculum (a $49.95 value). Workshop completion will generate a certificate for eight professional development hours.
The Project Archaeology Investigating Shelter online course is open on the ASU Career Catalyst site - Register NOW!
Past events...
Saturday, October 22, 2022 in Yuma Arizona
As part of the annual Arizona Historic Preservation Conference and Site Steward conference we will host a 4 hour in-person Project Archaeology teacher workshop.
Saturday, October 22, 2022 in Yuma Arizona
As part of the annual Arizona Historic Preservation Conference and Site Steward conference we will host a 4 hour in-person Project Archaeology teacher workshop.
In June 2022, some very targeted Project Archaeology lessons and activities were presented to Chandler Unified School District future Sixth Graders as part of their summer camp fun–over 90 students !
In March and May 2022, we did a Backwards Archaeology Living room investigation with over 80 students at the Mercury Mine School and a follow up investigation activity at the the Pueblo Grande Hohokam pithouse activity site. In both of these activities, students put on their investigator caps and used their new interpretation skills to identify evidence, context and how to infer site use. This was part of a school-wide year dedication to learning about indigenous cultures.
On October 30, 2021, Arizona Project Archaeology hosted a half day Investigating Shelter workshop in conjunction with the Arizona Site Steward Program Annual Conference. This session was held at the Pueblo Grande Museum Archaeological Park in downtown Phoenix. We reviewed curriculum and participated in some activities together.