archeology+lab

=[|Harvard Museum of Natural History] "National Archeology Lab"=


 * __//Hola//__** my name is Amalia and I am reporting to you from the [|Amigos School]. I am doing this Wiki on the Zoo Archeology Lab at the Harvard Museum of Natural History during the “National Archeology Month”, to inform you about the lab and what I learned there with my class.
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My class went on a field trip to the HMNH near Harvard Square. It was an easy 15 minute walk. We entered a room full of cool, creepy bones and skulls. In the room we observed bones under a microscope. We did an awesome activity where we tried to guess which bone was from which animal!!! (HMNH address: Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA )

On the field trip, I learned a lot about archeology. For example, I learned that scientists compare old skeletons to present skeletons to see how species have evolved. Also, I learned that by looking at bones you can prove theories like evolution and you can discover many things about past life like the kind of food the animals ate. Some techniques archeologists use to figure out which bones belong to which animals are by looking at the teeth or eye sockets. One thing I thought was really cool was how they make replicas of a bone so different museums can have a copy. They use silicone to create the molds to make the models. I really learned a lot in that field trip. ||
 * [[image:jaw_bone.jpg width="352" height="297" align="left" caption="Thats a drawing that i did while looking through the microscope"]]