5 sarah parcak archaeology from space worksheet
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Sarah Parcak grew up loving to find things at the seashore like sand dollars. This grew into a passion for archaeology and finding buried cities from satellite imagery. She shares an example of finding the ancient Egyptian city of Itjtawy using infrared imagery. Working with Egyptian scientists, they were able to map the landscape and find stone walls and foundations underground, confirming it was an important city during Egypt's Middle Kingdom period around 2000 BC. Sarah is excited that her work is helping to uncover more of Egypt's history and empowering young Egyptians.
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5 sarah parcak archaeology from space worksheet
- 1. PARAGRAPH 1 : When I was a child growing up in Maine... Where is Maine? (ネットで調べて） What did Sarah like to look for at the seashore? What did Sarah’s parents tell her about sand dollars? PARAGRAPH 2 : This grew into a passion for finding things... PARAGRAPH 3: So I want to show you an example of how we see differently... What does Sarah love? What does Sarah study? Why did Sarah start using satellite imagery? Where is Sarah’s example that she shows us? What color does the image turn when she uses infrared light? How does Sarah know that she is seeing a place where ancient Egyptians built things? サラ・パーカック：宇宙から見た考古学 Sarah Parcak: Archeology from space http://www.ted.com First Name: ____________ Last Name: ____________ Student #: ____________ Group: ____________ Sarah Parcak Draw a sand dollar here please: Draw a satellite here please:
- 2. PARAGRAPH 4 : What I want to share with you today... PARAGRAPH 5 : So, how do you find a buried city... PARAGRAPH 6 : So we collaborated with the Egyptian scientists... What lost city did Sarah and her team find using satellite imagery? How long ago was this city an important city in Egypt? During what period of time was this city and important city in Egypt? Name 2 reasons why it was very, very difficult to find Itjtawy: 1) 2) Why is the Middle Kingdom period considered to be an important time in Egyptian history? What kind of work were the Egyptian scientists doing? When the Egyptian scientists started drilling at the place Sarah told them about on the map, what did they find 5 meters down? Name 3 types of stone that the team also found: 1) 2) 3) Why did Sarah come to the conclusion that the stones meant there was a jeweler’s workshop in that place? Would it be easy to get lucky and find the buried city randomly? What did Sarah’s team use to map out the landscape? What two things did they find using NASA’s satellite data? 1) 2)
- 3. PARAGRAPH 7 : So, we have a dense layer of occupation... PARAGRAPH 8 : So I wanted to end with my favorite quote... Why did Sarah’s team come to the conclusion that this place must have been a very important city? Sarah is excited because her team has funding (money) do do what? Is Sarah’s work helping young people in Egypt too? What is Sarah’s favorite quote from the Middle Kingdom? Sarah makes a joke that TED was not started in 1984AD, it was started in 1984BC. Why does she say this? (What is the purpose of the TED conference?