Mystery Wreck

by MAT
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:

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

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