Time Period: General Type: Audience: KS2, KS3, KS4 and GCSE Theme: Maritime Archaeologists at Work This booklet can be used to teach students about methods of archaeological and historic research, using archaeological finds (artefacts and biofacts) to reconstruct past activities and landscapes. It can be used to introduce a discussion about the use of natural [...]

Time Period: Prehistory, C18th, C19th, WW1, WW2 Type: Audience: KS3 Theme: Archaeology and Maritime Industry, Shipwrecks, Maritime Archaeologists at Work This booklet invites students to learn about the methods of archaeological research and apply them to discover the identity of a mystery shipwreck. Pupils will put together some clues and will be required to do [...]

Time Period: General Type: Audience: KS2, KS3, KS4 and GCSE Theme: Shipwrecks, Submerged Landscapes, Maritime Archaeologists at Work, Climate and Coastal Archaeology Learn about what archaeology is, how archaeologists work, and the different types of archaeological finds by completing the activities in this book! The book can be used as a unit or activities can [...]

Time Period: Prehistory, Bronze Age to Medieval, C16th, C17th, C18th, C19th Type: Audience: KS2, KS3 Theme: Climate and Coastal Archaeology This worksheet primarily focuses on the practical activity of producing a coracle, but can also be used as a teaching tool when taking about technological developments through history. By completing the activity and through the [...]

Time Period: Prehistory Type: Audience: KS2, KS3, KS4 and GCSE Theme: Maritime Archaeologists at Work This activity is designed to teach pupils about Prehistory and prehistoric flint tools. It is useful to stimulate learning thought practical tasks and observation of their surroundings. It can be completed in a museum, as well as in the classroom. [...]

Time Period: General Type: Audience: KS2, KS3, KS4 and GCSE Theme: Maritime Archaeologists at Work This activity encourages pupils to use their preferred method of choice to record what their family throws away in a day and then produce a piece of creative writing about what an external observer/future archaeologist might think about their families’ [...]

Time Period: General Type: Audience: KS2, KS3, KS4 Theme: Maritime Archaeologists at Work This activity can be used to teach students about methods of archaeological and historic research, using artefacts and biofacts to interpret various types of archaeological contexts and to reconstruct past activities and landscapes. It can be used to introduce a discussion about [...]

Time Period: Prehistory, Bronze Age to Medieval, C16th, C17th, C18th, C19th, WW1, WW2 Type: Audience: KS2, KS3 Theme: Shipwrecks, Submerged Landscapes, Maritime Archaeologists at Work, Port and Harbour Archaeology Discover more about how the Hamble River changed through time by completing the activities in this activity book. You will also learn more about how archaeologists [...]

Time Period: General Type: Audience: KS2, KS3 Theme: Shipwrecks, Maritime Archaeologists at Work Pupils will learn how history and science are often strongly connected. They will observe how the scientific processes of corrosion and rusting can affect archaeology and our knowledge of the past. Pupils will use experimentation and observation to investigate corrosion and rusting. [...]

Time Period: General 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 [...]

Time Period: General Type: Audience: KS2, KS3 Theme: Shipwrecks, Submerged Landscapes, Maritime Archaeologists at Work The activities in this timesheet are designed to give pupils the opportunity to experience the functioning of acoustic surveys first-hand. They will learn about the different types of acoustic surveys, and what they are used for. They will also learn [...]

Time Period: Prehistory, Bronze Age to Medieval Type: Audience: KS2, KS3 Theme: Submerged Landscapes, Climate and Coastal Archaeology This resource is designed to provide pupils with an introduction to landscape transformation through time. It focuses on how specialists can study the evolution of Prehistoric landscapes through time and how they are able to understand what [...]

Find out more: Forgotten Wrecks Project Page Summary: The Forgotten Wrecks of the First World War interactive map brings together research on the 1100+ shipwrecks lost off the south coast of the UK during the First World War.

Explore the lives of ‘lascar’ sailors during WW1.

Cut out the bones to create your own puzzle of the ancient Auroch!