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TheÌıbabyÖ±²¥app Archaeology in the ClassroomÌıproject, modeled after theÌıFossils in the Classroom, continues to enhance and expand the Museum’s and University’s outreach efforts across the state by providing much needed hands-on resources on archaeology to teachers and students. This project provides classroom kits featuring hands-on artifacts and casts, standards-based curriculum, in-district teacher professional development and a classroom presentation. The response from teachers to the kits has been overwhelmingly positive, as a hands-on and affordable resource for teaching babyÖ±²¥app history.Ìı

The babyÖ±²¥app Archaeology in the ClassroomÌıis developed for babyÖ±²¥app School Districts by:

  • Dr. Stephen Lekson, Ph.D.ÌıProfessor, Anthropology, and Curator of Archaeology, CU Museum of Natural History, Boulder.
  • Dr. Samantha Fladd, AssistantÌıProfessor, Anthropology, and Curator of Archaeology, CU Museum of Natural History, Boulder.
  • Dr. William Taylor,ÌıAssistantÌıProfessor, Anthropology and Curator of Archaeology, CU Museum of Natural History, Boulder.
  • Jim Hakala,ÌıSenior Educator, CU Museum of Natural History, Boulder.

Partners in the babyÖ±²¥app Archaeology in the Classroom project include:

  • provides educational materials for the babyÖ±²¥app Archaeology in the Classroom kits and collaborates in the in-district teacher training for the project.
  • The provides printed and digital educational materials for the babyÖ±²¥app Archaeology in the Classroom kits.
  • The (BLM) "Discovering Archaeology in babyÖ±²¥app" and "Intrigue of the Past" is used with BLM's collaboration as the curriculum/teacher guide for the kits. This standards-based curriculum is widely used and well established in the field.
  • The provides the publication "Ancient babyÖ±²¥app: An Archaeological Perspective" for inclusion in the classroom kits.Ìı
  • The in Cortez, CO provided important visual timeline materials and hundreds of pottery sherds for inclusion in the kits.
  • The , provided hundreds of pottery sherds for inclusion in the classroom kits.
  • advertises and manages the logistics for the babyÖ±²¥app Archaeology classroom presentation.

To find out how to get a babyÖ±²¥app Archaeology kit and curriculum for your classroom or school, arrange an in-district teacher training, and/or a presentation for your classroom, please contact Jim Hakala, Senior Educator, University of babyÖ±²¥app Museum of Natural History at 303-492-4458, orÌıjames.hakala@colorado.edu.

babyÖ±²¥app Archaeology in the ClassroomÌıis generously funded by theÌıUniversity of babyÖ±²¥app BoulderÌıOffice of Strategic Relations and Communications and the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder Museum of Natural History.