YOUNG
ARCHAEOLOGISTS
PROGRAM
Education Brochure 2013
The Young Archaeologists Program provides fully integrated education
experiences for primary and secondary school students, combining history,
science, mathematics and English in a fun, inquiry-based learning approach.
Starting in April 2013, we will have two activities on offer:
Buried Treasure
Curriculum links: Community/local history
AusVELS: Foundation – Level 2
Age: Prep – Year 2
What interesting things are buried under the ground? And what can they tell
us about the past? In Buried Treasure, students have a go at fieldwork:
excavating, sieving, and washing artefacts. In the lab, they examine and draw
artefacts, have a closer look at some interesting historical items, ask
questions about archaeology, and discuss how things get in the ground and
what we can learn from the things we find.
At the end of the session, teachers receive a teaching pack, with classroom
activities that build on students’ Buried Treasure education experience.
CSI: Archaeology
Curriculum links: Australian history
Topics: “Children in Melbourne” or “Chinese Immigrants in Victoria”
AusVELS: Level 3 – 10
Age: Year 3 – Year 10
In this activity, students will become forensic archaeologists, examining
surface finds at our Australian historical dig site. They will draw on skills such
as measuring, data recording, mapping, and artefact photography to
document the site. Once this is completed, students then interpret what they
have found in the lab, consulting historical records and archaeology fact
sheets to determine what type of site they have found, who lived/worked
there, and why the site was abandoned. Once they have gathered all the
facts, they then construct a factual narrative, answering the most important
archaeological questions: what, when, where, who and how.
latrobe.edu.au/youngarchaeologistsprogram
This hands-on historical Australia activity is tailor-made for your students’
ability and/or year level, and focuses on life in Victoria between settlement
and the early 20th Century. It combines archaeology, history, science and
English in a fun, inquiry-based learning approach. Current choice of topics is
“Children in Melbourne” or “Chinese Immigrants in Australia”.
At the end of the session, teachers receive a teaching pack, with classroom
activities that build on students’ CSI: Archaeology education experience.
Details
Activities run Wed – Fri during term time
9:30am – 11:30am or 12:30pm – 2:30pm
Cost is $12.50 per student (minimum charges apply)
Contact us
P: (03) 9479 1206
F: (03) 9479 3706
yap@latrobe.edu.au
www.latrobe.edu.au/youngarchaeologistsprogram
Visit us
We are located in the La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary
La Trobe Avenue, Bundoora, 3086
Coming Soon
Indigenous archaeology
Mediterranean archaeology
Wartime archaeology
Watch our website for news of these great activities!
Join the adventure!
latrobe.edu.au/youngarchaeologistsprogram