Welcome to your first Camp Internet DIG – our topic this week is “Discover the Great Mysteries of the Ancient Southwest”
Ancient Southwest DIG: . . . . Mon, Sep 9, 8:02AM PST (-0800 GMT)
In Camp’s Southwest studies, you will be introduced to ancient peoples, plants, animals and mysteries that scientists, archeologists, and students like YOU continue to explore today. The Ancient Southwest started a long, long time ago – in fact BILLIONS of years ago … that is SO amazing, isn’t it? …………. Let’s see what we can identify as the Southwest’s most ancient mysteries.
Ancient Southwest DIG: . . . . Mon, Sep 9, 8:02AM PST (-0800 GMT)
REMEMBER ………………..In this DIG you will want to read each QUESTION, follow the BUTTON that links you to where the answer can be found, and then use your browser’s BACK button (usually upper left) to come back into the DIG and post your ANSWERS. When composing an ANSWER, be sure to make it a full sentence – example, if the question is How many Channel Islands are there? Do not answer with just a number, write a full sentence that includes the answer. Also, it is very important to include your first name and school or teacher’s name in the YOUR HANDLE box before you post every time…. HAVE FUN !!!!
Ancient Southwest DIG: . . . . Mon, Sep 9, 8:03AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG Mystery 1: Long before First People arrived in the Southwest, someone much more ancient lived there. Follow the links at these and come back and tell us the names of 4 mystery creatures who lived in the Southwest and when in really ancient times. button button button
Ancient Southwest DIG: . . . . Mon, Sep 9, 8:03AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG Mystery 2: Who finds these mysterious creatures ? button
Ancient Southwest DIG: . . . . Mon, Sep 9, 8:03AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG Mystery 3: One of the greatest mysteries on earth is that plants and animals, fossils and minerals that are now on different continents USED to all be neighbors on the same continent. What is the name given to the earth’s landform when it was one big continent and the dinosaurs could move around from one coast to the other ? button
Ancient Southwest DIG: . . . . Mon, Sep 9, 8:03AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG Mystery 4: One of the OLDEST places on earth is at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Follow this link and scroll down to the section on the Grand Canyon to answer this mystery: How old IS the rock at the bottom of the Grand Canyon ? button
Ancient Southwest DIG: . . . . Mon, Sep 9, 8:04AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG Mystery 5: When did the First People arrive and live in the Ancient Southwest? button
Ancient Southwest DIG: . . . . Mon, Sep 9, 8:04AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG Mystery 6: If no human bones have been found from those early Ice Age people, how DID scientists know they were there? What evidence of their occupation has been discovered? button
Ancient Southwest DIG: . . . . Mon, Sep 9, 8:05AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG Mystery 7: After thousands of years of generations living in the Ancient Southwest, these people built amazing architecture. Read about their accomplishments at their National Park web sites and tell us what you find the most amazing – and mysterious about one of these ancient settlements. button button button button button button button button button
Ancient Southwest DIG: . . . . Mon, Sep 9, 8:05AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG Mystery 8: After many generations of living in these great houses, they were suddenly abandoned. Where DID they go ? Share with us some of the ideas scientists and Native Americans believe are where they went. button
Ancient Southwest DIG: . . . . Mon, Sep 9, 8:08AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG Mystery 8 : What parts of the world today were a part of the Ancient Southwest ? Hint – it covers TWO countries and SIX states. button
Ancient Southwest DIG: . . . . Mon, Sep 9, 8:17AM PST (-0800 GMT)
FOLLOW UP – Create a wall map (draw one or use a printed one) and begin pinning on the discoveries you make about the Ancient Southwest to their location. Where is Pendego Cave ? Where did those Mammoths swim across the ocean to an island? You can even color code them based on type of discovery – Paleontology? Botany ? Astronomy? Archaeology? ……………………Your class can chart our discoveries on your Camp Outpost Classroom wall! At the end of the year - take a picture of your map and send it to us !