Nursery World - Dig deep

Role-play ideas based on digging and discovering 1 Going underground

Role-play ideas based on digging and discovering

1 Going underground

ADULT-LED

Organise an archaeological dig.

Key learning intentions

To work as part of a group, taking turns and sharing fairly To be confident to try new activities, initiate ideas and speak in a familiar group

Resources

Large container filled with sterilised compost, sand or composted bark; interesting objects to bury in it, for example, coins, pebbles, pieces of pottery, keys and, ideally, replica dinosaur fossils (see Resources, page 16); soft brushes (chubby, soft bristled paintbrushes are ideal); notebooks and pencils; clipboards and paper; labels; magnifying glasses; digital camera Preparation

* Find out about the life and work of Mary Anning (1799-1847), who made significant dinosaur discoveries around her home town of Lyme Regis and came to be regarded by some as 'the greatest fossilist the world ever knew'. Useful websites are: www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/anning.html and www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/anning.html.

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