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Keywords: Mesopotamia

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Discover Babylon

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Type: Course Related Materials
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics, Social Sciences
Collection: Federation of American Scientists Learning Technologies Project
Grade Level: Primary, Secondary

Abstract: Targeted at ages 8-14, Discover Babylon© will use sophisticated video gaming strategies and realistic digital environments to engage the learner in challenges and mysteries that can only be solved through developing an understanding of Mesopotamian society, business practices, and trade.

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).

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).