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Buried in Ash
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Viewing Ideas
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Before Watching
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In this program, Dr. Voorhies makes inferences by looking at
many pieces of evidence (data). To demonstrate this kind of
thinking, have each student create a list of what is in her or
his desk or locker. Mix up the lists (student names should not
be apparent), and hand them out to different students. Then ask
your students to make inferences (or guesses) about the person
who made the list. Be sure they include the reasons why they
came to their conclusions.
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Archeological techniques can be compared to constructing a
puzzle. Divide your class into several groups. Give each group a
number of pieces from a jigsaw puzzle. The pieces for each group
should all fit together to make a small section of the whole
puzzle. Before each group gets to see the other groups'
attempts, ask them to describe their section of the puzzle and
to use their portion to infer what the entire image might be.
Then ask the class as a whole to determine what the entire
puzzle looks like.
After Watching
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Challenge your students to piece together a set of bones and
make guesses about what type of animal the bones belong to.
After you have eaten a whole chicken or fish (or even a part of
an animal, such as a turkey wing), boil the bones in water until
most of the meat comes off (about 90 minutes). When the bones
are cool, scrape off any extra meat with a knife and an old
toothbrush. Let the bones dry thoroughly, preferably outdoors in
the sun. (A chicken has 120 bones, but you will do well to
retrieve 100 of them.) Ask your stu-dents to lay the bones out
on a cloth and assemble the animal flat (three dimensional
construction will be difficult without wire and glue). You may
want to provide a diagram of the bones of a bird's body.
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