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 some research on various types of sources to identify the wreck.
Linked files:
- Content outline and Guide to curriculum links
- Teacher’s notes
- Answer Sheet
- Shipwreck ID Form
- War Knight, page 8
- War Knight Report, page 8
- Diving Equipment information sheet, page 9
- SS War Knight 3D model, page 10
- 3D modelling video, page 10
- A2S Project Page, page 12
- SS Coquetdale, page 12
- Fermanville, page 12
- HMS Invincible, page 15
- Gravel treasures. page 34
Find out more about archaeological finds and recording methods:
- An educators’ guide, pages 8-9, 12-26-28
- Archaeological Finds
- Archaeology is Rubbish!
- Flint Identification
- It’s all about context!
- The Hamble River Activity Book
Find out more about Geophysical Survey Methods:
- An educators’ guide, pages 18-20
- Acoustic surveys
Find out more about Corrosion on Shipwrecks:
- Corrosion and Rusting
Find out more about Aggregates:
- Mystery Wreck, pages 30-34
Find out more about Timelines:
- Aggregates, Cores, and Timelines
- An educators’ guide, page 7
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Curriculum Links
ENGLISH | Writing, Spoken language |
MATHEMATICS | Solve problems, Ratio, Statistics |
SCIENCE | Biology: Interaction and interdependencies, Chemistry: Atoms, elements and compounds, Physics: Waves |
ART AND DESIGN | Practice |
CITIZENSHIP | Laws, Critical thinking, Collaboration |
COMPUTING | Computational thinking, Information technology, Models, Use of data, Digital artefacts |
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY | Make, Evaluate |
GEOGRAPHY | Human and physical geography, Maps, GIS |
HISTORY | Comparisons, Methods, Local history, 1745-1901, 1901-present, pre-1066, Interconnection |