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Keywords: Ancient Civilization

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Farming in Ancient Mesopotamia: An Ancient Civil Engineering Problem

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Type: Library or Collection
Subject: Science and Technology
Collection: The Tech Museum of Innovation Design Challenges
Grade Level: Primary

Abstract: In this integrated, multi-day Design Challenge unit, students will explore simple machines, transportation of materials, and river systems using stream tables. They will discover the problems ancient farmers faced and design their own working models that will attempt to solve those unique problems (includes ... More »

Flowing From Here to There

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Type: Library or Collection
Subject: Science and Technology
Collection: The Tech Museum of Innovation Design Challenges
Grade Level: Primary

Abstract: Students explore simple machines to transport dry, but fluid, material from one container to another (also included as a part of Farming in Ancient Mesopotamia unit).

The Human Past: Introduction to Archaeology, Fall 2006

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Type: Course Related Materials
Subject: Science and Technology, Social Sciences
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: Archaeology reconstructs ancient human activities and their environmental contexts. Drawing on case studies in contrasting environmental settings from the Near East and Mesoamerica, considers these activities and the forces that shaped them. In laboratory sessions students encounter various classes of ... More »

Two Rivers Ran Through It

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Type: Library or Collection
Subject: Science and Technology
Collection: The Tech Museum of Innovation Design Challenges
Grade Level: Primary

Abstract: In this challenge students will discover the problems that early farmers faced while developing agriculture in "the land between two rivers" and design a working model that solves those unique challenges (also included as a part of Farming in Ancient Mesopotamia unit).