Welcome to Past Explorer's
Welcome to PASt explorers, the Portable Antiquities Scheme's education website. This website is designed for use in the classroom, museum or at home. It has been split into 3 distinct sections – Fun, Teachers and Database, each of which contain teaching and learning resources.
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The resources are primarily aimed at Key Stage 2 of the English National Curriculum, in other words are aimed at children between the ages of 7-11. However, they are just as much fun for older learners (including adults)!
The resources are linked directly to specific Schemes of Work within the National Curriculum in a variety of subject areas including History, ICT, Geography, STEM and cross curricular enrichment too.
The resources found here include:
- An Anglo-Saxon virtual village exploration exercise based around the mythical village of West Mucking
- Pack your bag; an exercise in decision making skills, revolving around the concept of field work planning.
- Access to up-to-date datasets, which are locally focussed and are provided by the general public. Maybe someone's parents in your classroom has recorded an object with us!
These resources have been built with the help of real archaeologists including Helen Geake, an Anglo-Saxon specialist who has appeared regularly on Time-Team and Cei Paynton our Education Officer who has appeared on Time Team and presents local history stories for the BBC. Real teachers, children and education specialists have helped too!
The site works through experiential learning and reinforcement and is ideal for all members of the class, especially those whose learning style is not best suited by more formal pedagogy.
jobs in Archaeology from www.jobs.ac.uk
- Fellowship in Quaternary Environments and Geoarchaeology
Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies - University of Cambridge / Date of entry: 15/07/08 - Five-year Non-Renewable Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships
All Souls College - University of Oxford / Date of entry: 07/07/08 - Fees Paid MSc by Research in GIS with Remote Sensing
Archaeology of the Great Lines historic site in Chatham Kent / School of Science - University of Greenwich / Date of entry: 03/07/08 - George Eastman Visiting Professorship
University of Oxford / Date of entry: 08/06/08 - Experimental Scientist in Archaeometallurgy
Delft University of Technology Mechanical Maritime and Materials Engineering - Association of Universities in The Netherlands - VSNU / Date of entry: 15/07/08 - Drapers Company Research Fellowship
Pembroke College Cambridge / Date of entry: 16/07/08 - Marie Curie Research Fellowship in LeCHE - Early Stage Research Fellow
Department of Archaeology - University of York / Date of entry: 15/08/08 - Junior Research Fellowships
Christs College / Date of entry: 31/07/08 - Research Fellowships
Gonville and Caius College - University of Cambridge / Date of entry: 24/07/08 - Centenary Research Fellowship
Selwyn College Cambridge - University of Cambridge / Date of entry: 17/07/08 - Marie Curie Research Fellowship in LeCHE Experienced Researcher
Department of Archeology - University of York / Date of entry: 15/08/08
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