As part of our Big Question learning, we have been finding out all about the role of an archaeologist and how they carefully uncover clues and artefacts that help us learn about the past.
Of course, we couldn’t just talk about being archaeologists… we had to have a go ourselves!
The bairns were given their own archaeological challenge: armed with their special “tools”, they had to carefully and safely excavate their newfound artefacts… which just happened to be chocolate chips hidden inside a chocolate chip cookie!
Who knew a chocolate chip cookie could bring about such a quiet spell in Primary 3/4?! The concentration in the room was brilliant as everyone carefully chipped, scraped and worked away, trying their very best not to damage their precious finds.
It also led to some fantastic conversations. We realised that if it took us quite a while to carefully excavate one little cookie, just imagine how much patience and time an archaeologist needs to excavate an entire site! It really made us think about the care, determination and patience involved in their job.
I was so impressed with how carefully everyone worked and how determined they were to complete the challenge. We definitely have a few budding archaeologists in Primary 3/4!
Although, I think it’s safe to say that the clean-up of our archaeological sites was considerably quicker… those cookies seemed to disappear in record time once the challenge was over!
