Aggregates, Cores, and Timelines

by MAT
Time Period: Multi-period
Type:
Audience: KS2, KS3
Theme: Archaeology and Maritime Industry, Maritime Archaeologists at Work

By completing this worksheet, pupils will learn what aggregates, cores, and timelines. They will find out what aggregates are and how they are sourced. They will also learn how to put events into a sequential and geographical context. Pupils will learn to visualise vast periods of time through the introduction of time as a series of layers shown in aggregate deposits. The activities in this resource will give an appreciation of how modern history is set against a much longer backdrop. The understanding of time will be presented in a visual way.

Linked files:

  • Maritime Timeline

Find out more about Aggregates:

  • Mystery Wreck, pages 30-34

Find out more about Timelines:

  • An educator’s guide, page 7
  • Mystery Wreck, pages 30-34

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Curriculum Links

KS2

SCIENCE Working scientifically
ARTS AND DESIGN Practice
GEOGRAPHY Formation, Human and physical geography
HISTORY Comparisons

KS3

SCIENCE Chemistry: Earth
ARTS AND DESIGN Practice
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY Critical understanding
GEOGRAPHY Human geography
HISTORY Comparisons

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