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ARCHAEOLOGICAL
TESTS WITH
A brief description of the
SAND
KARL (4)
I WANT TO BE ARCHEOLOGIST. I’M LOOKING
FOR DINOSAURS AND EXPLORE THEM“
Group: Naerulinnud
Age of children: 4-5 years
The teachers:
Meeli Lugus, Hege Mardiste
Objectives:
• The child uses a speech to some of the
opposite words (dark-light, dry-wet, etc.).
• The child uses a speech to some of the
adjectives
• The child shall examine the different charac
teristics of the sand (dry-wet) and compare
them, using a variety of tools.
• The child feels the joy out of the game
• The child plays 2 rule motion games
Tools: The researcher's suitcase, which is: 10
brushes, 10 BBQ matches and a small suitcase
10 magnifying lens; 2 small buckets; dry sand;
the container, which is a small bucket (2 bowls
for each kid, 1 for dry and 1 for wet sand), 10
sand sieves, 10 shovels, 10 sand forms, 3
small rakes, about 22 little plastic squeaky toy
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action: In the course of its
activities, children examine
the archaeologist, profession,
and the different characteris-
tics of the sand (dry and wet).
Making tests by filing, forming
and painting on and with the
sand. During these experi-
ments kids will understand
why are dry and wet sand
useful.
to hide in the sand (NB! They must hide in the
litter box before the kids see).
The action of the gear: Today we will talk to
you about the branch of science such as arc-
haeology. Does anyone know which archaeo-
logists dealing with? They are dealing with the
oldest history. Otherwise, how do we know
how people lived in the old times. For examp-
le, thanks to archaeologist we know that there
were dinosaurs living before us. Archaeologists
main work method is by digging old sites and
finding old relics. (Power Point „Arheoloogid“)
Now you become a little scientist, who study
the characteristics of the sand today. One of
the little scientist takes a researcher’s suitcase
and gives everybody a magnifying lens. Now
we will investigate sand:
• Is the sand the same color in both bowls?
(the children's answers)
• Look with the Magnifier, with what the sand
is composed with? (the children's answers)
Let's put these lenses back in the suitcase and
take the BBQ match.
• Draw something in the both bowls of sand
with a BBQ match in Which the sand remains
a drawing to see better?
After drawing collect the BBQ matches.
• Put your hand in one of the dry sand and the
other on the wet sand, which one seems the
colder?
• Feel the wet sand, how does the sand feel
for you?
• Feel the dry sand, how does the sand feel
for you?
Each child takes the sand sieves in front of
them.
• Sieves one of a handful of dry sand in the
same Bowl and do it also with the wet sand,
in which of the sand is going faster and easy
passing through?
Put a sieve back into its original place and
take the sand form.
• First fill up the sand form with dry sand and
then flip it upside down on to the same bowl,
look at the result, don't spread out over time.
• Now take the form of damp sand and turn it
upside down onto the same bowl, look at the
result. Which of the sand must be beautiful
sandform, either the dry sand or wet sand?
Now we have made different tests with sand
and learned that the children's responses.
Now let’s play one more game. Today we
were talking about archeological work and
you were making experiments with the sand.
Now you have become a little archaeologist
and now you can start making archeological
diggings in this sandbox. Inside the scientists
suitcase we have shovels and brushes. Why
and what can you do with them.
We will thank the kids for playing with us and
encourage them for future activities.