10th August 2011, 08:55 PM
Mark Butler, Chair of http://www.rearc.us says:
After thinking about this some, basically I would suggest developing an educational program that may look something like this:
Questions for the students to ask such as: how do you think it looked?; how do you think it was constructed?; how would you design an experiment to test these theories?; would be part of the class experience
Models can be constructed out of many things such as foam core; cardboard; etc.
Hope this helps you a little.
After thinking about this some, basically I would suggest developing an educational program that may look something like this:
- Create a “known” archaeological based scenario that requires the recognition of an unresolved problem.
- This “site” posses an element(s) that will require one or more reconstructive experiment(s) to resolve.
- Develop a testable hypothesis(s) that would resolve the conundrum
- Test the hypothesis via experimentation.
- Record the experiment thoroughly and postulate additional research possibilities
Questions for the students to ask such as: how do you think it looked?; how do you think it was constructed?; how would you design an experiment to test these theories?; would be part of the class experience
Models can be constructed out of many things such as foam core; cardboard; etc.
Hope this helps you a little.