Our second archeological simulation was around the dig process itself and its many challenges. Fifty pennies were scattered in one area of the outdoor classroom for kids to find. They were not buried per se, but their copper coloring blended perfectly into the mulch so you had to be looking carefully. Also, too much activity would actually bury the pennies further as kids kicked up mulch to cover what was previously sitting on top of the mulch. This was a fun exercise and an educational one too - we only found twenty of the pennies! There are many more still out there and many of our young archaeologists are planning to continue the search...
Maybe a future Lilja student will find them 100 years from now. Will they recognize a penny by then?
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