What did the speaker from the Bruce Museum teach you about archaeology?
What did you learn about archaeology today? Pick one thing that you learned and tell a little about it. ( 1 paragraph). I learned that.......this is important because....
The archeologist that came in to speak about early man introduced us to several things, but I chose one that I found most engaging. I think that the hammer/axe tool was very intriguing. I never knew that early man created them; I used to think that hammer/axe tools were made in factories in the 1800’s, but I was proven to be incorrect. It is important to know this because although early man had a brain size of 1/3 of our brain size today, they still invented clever gadgets to make jobs easier in their time. I didn’t know 90% of what I learned today before the archeologist came in and taught us, and I am glad she did because now, I am more intelligent than I was yesterday.
Catfish said... I learned quite a bit from our archaeoligist experience today at ten. I learned that way back then when we were still evolving from apes, we didn't have thumbs. This is important to understand because now us humans have thumbs to get a better grip of tools. Back then, could you imagine not having a thumb? You would need to hold materials upside down. YIKES! I also learned that then our brain was a third the size of what it is today. Now we have important data and electricity. And then, we couldn't go on websites to gather information. Those are topics and information we discussed in humanities today.
Caribu said Well the lady talked about the age of ma from apes to full humans. She had many things about the evoulution like tools or evan replica skulls. That is what I thought about the presentation this morning.
Today what i learned from the Bruce Museum archologist is there are five tools that were made back in time.The five tools name are pebble tool, scraper, hand axe,axe, and prepared core.Different kind of group back in the time made this tools.Some of the tools were a use to do something.Also the Bruce Museum archaolgist passed the tools around and told us what use they are for.Then she talked about the new world and about the old world.I learned a lot today about the world today and the world before.
Today in class the speaker from the Bruce Museum tought us many things about early human. We learned about how people today look for artifacts that are left behind with a digging grid. We learned how they made tools like a prepared core or a hand axe. My favorite thing we learned about is the Hominins. The Hominins are the oldest group of people that walk on two legs ever found. They did not have tools or weapons. If they saw a animal like a rabitt and wanted to catch it they would have to use their bare hands. They really did not even know how to start a fire. They also only had 1/3 of our brain size. But overtime they avolved into who we our today.
Today the speaker from the Bruce museum taught us about different archaeology tools. Here are some of the tools that she taught us about. The pebble tool.The scraper, Prepared core, and the ax. those are some tools she taught us about. That is only some of the things that the speaker from the Bruce museum taught us about.
Here are three things that are dark in Rob’s life. Norton and Billy Threemonger. I think this is a thing that is dark in Rob’s life because they constantly are mean, harass, and make fun of him. An example of a time they were mean to him is one time he was outside the Kentucky star and the school bus drove by. Norton and Billy shouted at Rob that his rash on his legs was really leprosy and his limbs were going to rot off.
His mom dying. I think this is a thing that is dark in Rob’s life because it’s always just generally dark when someone close to you dies. I also think this is a dark thing because right after his mom died he got a rash on his legs and he became all sad and depressed. Sunshine. I think this is a thing that is dark is Rob’s life because it was sunny at his mom’s funeral. Sunshine reminds him of his mom, and if he starts thinking about his mom his not thoughts will come out and he doesn’t want them to come out. Here are three things that are light in Rob’s life. Sistine. I think this is a thing that is light in Rob’s life because in the book he just seems happier when he’s around her. Another reason I think she is light is Rob’s life is that she pushes him around and I think he needs that. The tiger. I think this is a thing that is light in Rob’s life because the tiger gave him hope and courage. It made him feel like he had a purpose in this world. Also without the tiger he would of never met Sistine. Whittling. I think this is a thing that is light in Rob’s life because while whittling, all the depressing thoughts leave his head. It’s sort of a way for him to escape reality were everything is so depressing for him.
Today in class I learned about archeology from an expert who works at the Bruce Museum. I learned that archeology is the study of old artifacts which hold clues to ancient civilizations. Archaeology takes a lot of time and an archaeologist needs to be patient and thorough. This is important because if she/he gets impatient she/he can break something or overlook what they are looking for. It probably takes a lot of time to brush away dirt and find the prize but it is very rewarding to do so. The expert said a family were looking for one artifact for about 30 years! But they had patience and perseverance and were thorough and eventually they got the great prize.
The Speaker from the bruce museum taught lots of things about archeology. one thing i learned was that there were special tools for digging. I also learned that people only started to write in caves 7,000 years ago. The speaker also said that the Leakey family found footprints of the homilies that are people found millions years ago. Also that the chavet cave and the Lascaux cave are closed. I learned all kinds of different tools that the Homilies used like the Scraper, the pebble tool, the Prepared core, the axe and the hand axe.
Today We had Someone from the 'Bruce Museum' come to our class and share with us replicas and real utensils and facts from 1,000's of years ago.
I learned that even thousands of years ago 'ancient people' did have thumbs and walked up right. This is important because that tells and shows a lot about how we most probably evolved from them. The walked like humans. They also had thumbs like us. And they even had the same size brain.
orangutan said.... i learned that back then thay had hand axes so they cut little things lice thick branches to get food and that they got fire from lightning so they have warmth and they can cook things like deer meat or bird meat and that they almost all the bones for lusy was and there where more bones like big man and adire
Today in class a woman came from Bruce museum to teach us about the first humans. She talked about archeologist. “Archeologist are people that dig for bones and tools. Before you can go digging for bones, tools, and more, you need to have concrete evidence. When you are digging you make sections from one, to eight. When you find a bone or a tool you bring it to the man/woman that is doing the recording and they put the bone or tool in to a bag and record what it is. Most people that are helping to dig are teachers sometimes students.
Today one thing I learned was the form of writing that early people wrote in. They used to use small stones with holes in them, and they wrote in the hole and on the stones. But then people thought that it would be easier to write on a flatter, more readable tablet. So they started to write on a flat slab of stone. This is important because without that flat stone, people might still have trouble writing. Also, the flat stone became flatter and eventually, a new material, called papyrus, was used to make what is now paper.
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, humans have evolved a lot. Today in class, we had a speaker from the Bruce Museum that talked about archeology and early humans. Archeology is more work then I expected, and we learned a lot of facts about it.
One fact about archeology is that when archeologists find artifacts and other old things, they have to dig a lot. They have to dig to find something, and sometimes they do dig really deep. It could take a long time to find something. I also learned that early humans actually used tools that are made of rocks, like a hand axe and a scraper.
I learned that archeologists have to dig far into the ground. I also learned that early humans used tools. By that early humans used tools and so on, I know that humans have evolved a lot.
Posted by Cheetah The person from the Bruce Museum taught me a lot about early man. The thing that inspired me the most is what tools they made. Although their brains weren’t as developed as ours they still made some of the tools that we have today. The big one I thought was the axe. If it wasn’t for early man maybe we wouldn’t have the axe today. Another thing that got me really interested was the writing. If you think about it writing wasn’t developed that long ago. How they wrote was very interesting. The person showed us an example on how they wrote. For example there were two triangle shaped writings which represented cows. There also were six dots which we thought was their way of writing numbers.
Today a lady from the Bruce Museum came and taught us a lot of things about prehistoric times.I found a lot of things interesting from what the speaker said. Especially how humans evolved. I learned that they started out small and became bigger and stronger. An example is the skeletons that archeologist found. "Lucy" was 18 years old and only 4'3. That's shorter than me! Like humans, tools evolved too. In the beginning there was a tool called a hammer, and a tool called and axe. But they carved a tool that had both in on. I thought it was really cool that they had a 1/3 of our brain size but still knew how to develop and change things like this. I could go on for HOURS talking about what interests me. There was SO many cool things about her presentation. I hope we can learn more about the prehistoric times and their tools, it was so fun!
I learned that archaeology is really cool. There are lots of new things found about our ancestors. There were many tools that early man used. For example there was a tool called a "Pebble tool" that was one of the early tools. The "Pebble Tool" was the first tool to have a sharp edge. Archaeologists have also found bone structures of early man from 3,000,000 years ago to 4,000,000 years ago. A lot of things have been found from early man, and we have only found so much.
Today an archaeologist came into our classroom and talked about prehistoric times. It was a very interesting period filled with real things to pass around, and lots of facts. I learned a lot but, one thing I really remember is that a long, long time ago people had 1/3 of the size of the brain that we have today. We saw a skull replica of what people's heads looked like and they were MUCH smaller than the size of heads that we know today. They had the brain knowledge of a 5 year old.This is important because we need to know that they were not as smart as humans now, in the 21st century. I learned a lot and this was a wonderful experience.
The speaker from the Bruce Museum talked about our ancestors and the tools they used. One of them was a hand axe. The speaker chipped a piece of the hand axe off with another tool. The piece she broke of of the hand axe scraped on a paper and it went through seven sheets. Also she said thats how sharp the hand axe were back then. Still to this day there very sharp. I also really liked how she showed us how there was a volcano where one of are ancestors lived. It exploded and went on the road that they walked on and no one buged as the ashes came down and surounded them. When are ancestors walked through it, it left a foot print and then it started to rain, so for generations the prints have hardend and became fossils.
Posted by Beaver The lady from the Bruce Museum talked about lots of interesting facts. The facts that I will talk about are how we evolved and made better tools. In very early times we sharpened rocks so we could hunt. Later on we started to make axes by putting sharp rocks onto sticks which could help us more in a lot of situations. Over time, we developed even more tools that helped us to build other tools more quickly and more efficiently. In conclusion I think that we got a lot smarter than we used to be.
The archeologist told us about many things today. A lot of it whooshed right over my head and I couldn’t repeat it for the life of me. One thing stuck with me. The way they thought and their brain size. Earlier they had 1/3 our brain size. Then it got bigger and finally it was our size. She said they didn’t use their full brain capacity, even when they had the same size brain as us. We think more complexly and we use more of our brain. We are expected to remember a lot of things that would be deemed unnecessary back then, if they used their brains to figure that out. But they survived because they figured out the important stuff when it came down to it. They remembered stuff like how to make tools and figured out how to make fire and that they needed fire. It may seem like a duh to you that you need to cook your food but they were the ones to figure that out for us. They were living longer healthier lives thanks to an instinct to us. Their brains were definitely smaller and less used compared to us, but I find it kind of impressive what they managed to accomplish with that making their odds for success a lot lower.
When the speaker from the Bruce Museum came today she taught us about archeology. What I found most interesting was that tools were invented millions of years ago. I found that interesting because she showed us some of the tools that have been found in a dig site. We were able to see how the tools changed over millions of years. The tools went from a pebble tool (a piece of rock that you hit on another rock to break a piece off and get an edge) all the way to an axe with a shock absorber.
I learned a lot about early man today. I found it very interesting. I loved the whole thing & was fascinated by the authentic tools that were brought in. It kind of surprised me that they didn’t find Lucy’s full body. I had always thought that they had found her full body. I enjoyed the presentation a lot.
εїз Butterfly Says... Today someone from the Bruce Museum came in and taught us a lot of things about the prehistoric times. I really liked learning about all of the tools, digs, and early man. I learned that early man created most of the tools we have today and we’ve made the tools more, modern. Like there was a hammer, and an axe. Sound familiar? Then they made a tool that had both on it. Kind of like a, hatchet/hammer. I thought it was interesting that they had one third of our brain size but still knew how to make these things. I really like learning about this topic and hope we learn a lot more about it.
What I learned from the speaker from the Bruce museum was that the pre-historic people could walk on their feet. I know it sounds weird but all my life I've heard that in pre-history people weren't people they were apes and monkeys. So know I learned something new from something I thought I already knew.
Today in Mrs.McManus's class a lady came and taught us about archaeology. I learned that the people a long time ago,had a hand axe. Thats how axes were invented. This tool was important because,it was used to cut of branches to make fire. It was also important because,they used it to get fire from lightning, and they will be cozy (warm) and they can cook their food. That is what I learned today in Mrs.McManus class. I really learned a lot today.
Posted by giraffe Today in social studies I learned about the tools that people used millions of years ago. One is the pebble tool. People of the Oldwan tribe used the pebble tools. They were fashioned by Homo erectus over half a million years ago. The earliest known pebble tool was created 2.6 million years ago. Another tool is the hand axe. Hand axes were found mainly in Africa, Europe and Asia. Also, the hand axes are mainly made of flint. There are some other tools we learned about today. They include the axe, prepared core and the scraper. Many of these tools were smooth but had a sharp edge. I concluded that the tools now are much more advanced than what they were millions of years ago, but they were still decent for their time period.
An archeologist came in today and she talked about a lot of things that were all very interesting. I liked a lot of the things that she talked about and one of them I liked the best. The on that I am talking about is the hammer and on the other side there is an axe. I think that this was a very amazing idea coming from people who had 1/2 our brain size. I did not know that they put shock absorbers in there to absorb the shock. I would probably not think of that. The fact that they inserted rock in the wood that they used for a handle and then the blade did not come out when the just put it there. They must have used some material that held them together. All of the things that the lady from the Bruce Museum were very impressive. I am really glad that the lady came and told me all of those things. She even had examples!
Posted by Lion Today I learned that while we were still evolving from apes that their brains were only 1/3 the size of ours. She also showed us a variety of different tools. I think the tools were important because it proves that people are coming up with new ideas every day even back then. When the lady showed us the painting of early man in Africa I was surprised at how ape like their faces were.
Wolf said... The archeologist that came in today spoke about early man and the tools that they used for survival. One that caught my attention was the hand axe. This was of interest because it was amazing how they could carve out sharp edges into one rock by using another rock to create an axe that would perform many tasks. They would use it to carve up animals, cut down trees, and make little pieces of clothing. It also amazed me that so few tools that she spoke about could accomplish so much in their daily lives.
The archeologist who came today thought us about of the earliest man. She said they had many tools some of the tools were the pebble tool, hand axe, scraper, blades, prepared core, and the axe. They were used for many different reasons the scraper was used for making blades were used for cutting things and so were hand axes. Pebble tools were used for breaking off pieces of sharp rock that also cut things. This is important because cutting is how you shape things or break off pieces.
One of the many things I learned about the prehistoric people today in class was how they made a fire. They made them either when lightning struck or volcanos erupted. Then afterward, they tried to keep the fire going to cook food or for warmth. You could be thinking why didnt they just rub two rockes together and make a fire. They didnt know they could do that back then.
Today someone from the Bruce museum came to our class to talk about the early man. One thing I found interesting was the axe shock absorber. I think that was really smart of them to make. They put it in between the axe blade and the handle. The handle was made of rock, and so were the axe and the shock absorber. They put it there because whenever they hit a tree with the axe, the handle broke from the force or shock. It was a cup-shaped rock, with the axe blade going into the inside of the “cup”. I don’t know how they thought of that, but the other tools were smart like that too. The axes were sharper than you think. They were sharpened by another rock, and then attached to a long rock, shaped like a handle. They also made hand axes, which were very similar to the axe blades. They are like hand axes with handles. It was easier to cut down a tree with a normal axe, and very hard to do it with a hand axe.
During one period a lady from the Bruce museum (I don’t remember her name) she taught us about Neanderthals to people 4,000,000 million years ago. She taught us how we probably once were people who could not cook meat and talk to each other. She also showed us how they used these tools to help them in every day life. Plus she showed us how there brain size changed from 1/3 to 2/3 to 3/3 the 3/3 means are brain size now. She showed us things like how there jawbone looked. For example they looked like this cause they ate raw meat. She all so showed us how they started to make these rock beads that have pictures on them. There was a lot of cool stuff she showed us. It was really fun- Human
The scientists say that the early men used to capture fire. How did they capture fire? Well this is what they meant. The early men didn’t know how to make fire. They didn’t have anything that could keep them worm. But they really needed fire. They had to be worm. Well it’s ok when its summer you can live without fire in summer. But in winter, it’s hard. So what they did is they waited for lightning. If a lightning hit a tree and it caused fire. The early men would take some sticks burn them in the fire (so the stick would be on fire) and bring the fire back to the fire place that was build out of rocks. And started some fire in the fire place that helped them. They would be worm and it would be easier for them to live. They might have been not as smart as we are ,but if they wouldn’t thought of that idia. We might not had fire at all.
Today the archeologist spoke to us about early man. She talked to us about the tools they used. There were 5 tools she talked to us about, the pebble tool, axe, scraper, prepared core and hand axe. She also talked about the old world and new world. I learned a lot today but, the thing that I thought was cool was how their brains are 1/3 the size of our brains. We saw a replica of a head back then and it was really small, it looked like the size of a baby’s head. I think this is important because it’s good to know what they used back then. And it’s also fun to compare the people from back then to us.
I learned that the early Hominines’ had a brain size a third of ours. But they still could get the job done and survive. This is important to know because as I said before their brain were a third the size of ours. And if they didn’t sue that then we might not be alive to this day we might not have existed.
The expert archeologist from the Bruce Museum that came in to teach us about early men and their tools taught us many things, like their special jobs and brain size, but the thing that was the most interesting in my opinion was the sharpness of the blade that the archeologist hit out of the rock. She made rips and paper, and they looked very, very deep! This made me sit up in my seat a bit because I didn't know such sharp tools can be made from a rock without sharpening them or anything. Also, that the rock piece was so small it made it even more interesting!
Today a ‘BRUCE MUSEUM’ speaker came by our classroom to teach us her findings as an archeologist about the living of early mankind. She taught us some interesting facts, did you know that these early humans had about one third a size brain compared to your 21st century brain of today? Early humans were believed to be much smaller in size then the people of modern times? Lucy (the most complete skeleton from the early man era ever found so far) contributed to that fact, at 18 she was around five feet! But these unknowing people did find a way to adapt to their surroundings, they created many tools including and axe that was made with bone and rock. These early made beings made fur covered huts in the late summer so that in the winter months they wouldn’t be deprived of warmth. When the Viking era occurred about the same time, the violent Vikings made it as far as Spain before dying out. Early mankind was a quick learning and adapting race, without them gaining knowledge from their mistakes we might not be alive today!
The speaker who came here from The Bruce Museum taught me a lot about early man. Something extremely interesting to me is that the early Hominids, who had one third of the brain size of us were still able to create useful tools like we can. It’s amazing to see how similar we are to someone with only one third of the brain size then us.
Today an archeologist came in and talked to us about tools and many other stuff about pre historic times. One of the tools I thought was the most interesting was the axe. It was a rock medium sized rock with a little point on the end. The rock also had a hole in the middle of it. You would put a long stick in the hole. Every time you hit something with the axe there would be a shock, it would hit the stick and the stick to brake. So to prevent that you would put a strong piece of wood on the back end of the rock. It will hit the wood piece instead of the stick. It would be a long day replacing the stick all the time.
Today an archeologist came in and talked to us about tools and many other stuff about pre historic times. One of the tools I thought was the most interesting was the axe. It was a rock medium sized rock with a little point on the end. The rock also had a hole in the middle of it. You would put a long stick in the hole. Every time you hit something with the axe there would be a shock, it would hit the stick and the stick to brake. So to prevent that you would put a strong piece of wood on the back end of the rock. It will hit the wood piece instead of the stick. It would be a long day replacing the stick all the time.
The lady that camed today talked about early men to apes to now in days. She shwoed us old tools that were used. I thought that it was cool.It was nice having another persone teach us.
The expert from the Bruce museum came and taught us about archaeology which is the study of ancient artifacts. An archeologist needs to be very patient when they are working because if they are not something can go wrong. like they can break a fossil that they were trying t find for a long time.
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The archeologist that came in to speak about early man introduced us to several things, but I chose one that I found most engaging. I think that the hammer/axe tool was very intriguing. I never knew that early man created them; I used to think that hammer/axe tools were made in factories in the 1800’s, but I was proven to be incorrect. It is important to know this because although early man had a brain size of 1/3 of our brain size today, they still invented clever gadgets to make jobs easier in their time. I didn’t know 90% of what I learned today before the archeologist came in and taught us, and I am glad she did because now, I am more intelligent than I was yesterday.
Catfish said...
I learned quite a bit from our archaeoligist experience today at ten. I learned that way back then when we were still evolving from apes, we didn't have thumbs. This is important to understand because now us humans have thumbs to get a better grip of tools. Back then, could you imagine not having a thumb? You would need to hold materials upside down. YIKES! I also learned that then our brain was a third the size of what it is today. Now we have important data and electricity. And then, we couldn't go on websites to gather information. Those are topics and information we discussed in humanities today.
Caribu said
Well the lady talked about the age of ma from apes to full humans. She had many things about the evoulution like tools or evan replica skulls. That is what I thought about the presentation this morning.
Today what i learned from the Bruce Museum archologist is there are five tools that were made back in time.The five tools name are pebble tool, scraper, hand axe,axe, and prepared core.Different kind of group back in the time made this tools.Some of the tools were a use to do something.Also the Bruce Museum archaolgist passed the tools around and told us what use they are for.Then she talked about the new world and about the old world.I learned a lot today about the world today and the world before.
Today in class the speaker from the Bruce Museum tought us many things about early human. We learned about how people today look for artifacts that are left behind with a digging grid. We learned how they made tools like a prepared core or a hand axe. My favorite thing we learned about is the Hominins.
The Hominins are the oldest group of people that walk on two legs ever found. They did not have tools or weapons. If they saw a animal like a rabitt and wanted to catch it they would have to use their bare hands. They really did not even know how to start a fire. They also only had 1/3 of our brain size. But overtime they avolved into who we our today.
posted by zebra
Today the speaker from the Bruce museum taught us about different archaeology tools. Here are some of the tools that she taught us about. The pebble tool.The scraper, Prepared core, and the ax. those are some tools she taught us about. That is only some of the things that the speaker from the Bruce museum taught us about.
Posted by Lion
Here are three things that are dark in Rob’s life.
Norton and Billy Threemonger. I think this is a thing that is dark in Rob’s life because they constantly are mean, harass, and make fun of him. An example of a time they were mean to him is one time he was outside the Kentucky star and the school bus drove by. Norton and Billy shouted at Rob that his rash on his legs was really leprosy and his limbs were going to rot off.
His mom dying. I think this is a thing that is dark in Rob’s life because it’s always just generally dark when someone close to you dies. I also think this is a dark thing because right after his mom died he got a rash on his legs and he became all sad and depressed.
Sunshine. I think this is a thing that is dark is Rob’s life because it was sunny at his mom’s funeral. Sunshine reminds him of his mom, and if he starts thinking about his mom his not thoughts will come out and he doesn’t want them to come out.
Here are three things that are light in Rob’s life.
Sistine. I think this is a thing that is light in Rob’s life because in the book he just seems happier when he’s around her. Another reason I think she is light is Rob’s life is that she pushes him around and I think he needs that.
The tiger. I think this is a thing that is light in Rob’s life because the tiger gave him hope and courage. It made him feel like he had a purpose in this world. Also without the tiger he would of never met Sistine.
Whittling. I think this is a thing that is light in Rob’s life because while whittling, all the depressing thoughts leave his head. It’s sort of a way for him to escape reality were everything is so depressing for him.
Today in class I learned about archeology from an expert who works at the Bruce Museum. I learned that archeology is the study of old artifacts which hold clues to ancient civilizations. Archaeology takes a lot of time and an archaeologist needs to be patient and thorough. This is important because if she/he gets impatient she/he can break something or overlook what they are looking for. It probably takes a lot of time to brush away dirt and find the prize but it is very rewarding to do so. The expert said a family were looking for one artifact for about 30 years! But they had patience and perseverance and were thorough and eventually they got the great prize.
The Speaker from the bruce museum taught lots of things about archeology. one thing i learned was that there were special tools for digging. I also learned that people only started to write in caves 7,000 years ago. The speaker also said that the Leakey family found footprints of the homilies that are people found millions years ago. Also that the chavet cave and the Lascaux cave are closed. I learned all kinds of different tools that the Homilies used like the Scraper, the pebble tool, the Prepared core, the axe and the hand axe.
Today We had Someone from the 'Bruce Museum' come to our class and share with us replicas and real utensils and facts from 1,000's of years ago.
I learned that even thousands of years ago 'ancient people' did have thumbs and walked up right. This is important because that tells and shows a lot about how we most probably evolved from them. The walked like humans. They also had thumbs like us. And they even had the same size brain.
orangutan said....
i learned that back then thay had hand axes so they cut little things lice thick branches to get food and that they got fire from lightning so they have warmth and they can cook things like deer meat or bird meat and that they almost all the bones for lusy was and there where more bones like big man and adire
Today in class a woman came from Bruce museum to teach us about the first humans. She talked about archeologist. “Archeologist are people that dig for bones and tools. Before you can go digging for bones, tools, and more, you need to have concrete evidence. When you are digging you make sections from one, to eight. When you find a bone or a tool you bring it to the man/woman that is doing the recording and they put the bone or tool in to a bag and record what it is. Most people that are helping to dig are teachers sometimes students.
Today one thing I learned was the form of writing that early people wrote in. They used to use small stones with holes in them, and they wrote in the hole and on the stones. But then people thought that it would be easier to write on a flatter, more readable tablet. So they started to write on a flat slab of stone. This is important because without that flat stone, people might still have trouble writing. Also, the flat stone became flatter and eventually, a new material, called papyrus, was used to make what is now paper.
Posted by Hawk
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, humans have evolved a lot. Today in class, we had a speaker from the Bruce Museum that talked about archeology and early humans. Archeology is more work then I expected, and we learned a lot of facts about it.
One fact about archeology is that when archeologists find artifacts and other old things, they have to dig a lot. They have to dig to find something, and sometimes they do dig really deep. It could take a long time to find something. I also learned that early humans actually used tools that are made of rocks, like a hand axe and a scraper.
I learned that archeologists have to dig far into the ground. I also learned that early humans used tools. By that early humans used tools and so on, I know that humans have evolved a lot.
Posted by Cheetah
The person from the Bruce Museum taught me a lot about early man. The thing that inspired me the most is what tools they made. Although their brains weren’t as developed as ours they still made some of the tools that we have today. The big one I thought was the axe. If it wasn’t for early man maybe we wouldn’t have the axe today. Another thing that got me really interested was the writing. If you think about it writing wasn’t developed that long ago. How they wrote was very interesting. The person showed us an example on how they wrote. For example there were two triangle shaped writings which represented cows. There also were six dots which we thought was their way of writing numbers.
BY SPONGE :)
Today a lady from the Bruce Museum came and taught us a lot of things about prehistoric times.I found a lot of things interesting from what the speaker said. Especially how humans evolved. I learned that they started out small and became bigger and stronger. An example is the skeletons that archeologist found. "Lucy" was 18 years old and only 4'3. That's shorter than me! Like humans, tools evolved too. In the beginning there was a tool called a hammer, and a tool called and axe. But they carved a tool that had both in on. I thought it was really cool that they had a 1/3 of our brain size but still knew how to develop and change things like this. I could go on for HOURS talking about what interests me. There was SO many cool things about her presentation. I hope we can learn more about the prehistoric times and their tools, it was so fun!
I learned that archaeology is really cool. There are lots of new things found about our ancestors. There were many tools that early man used. For example there was a tool called a "Pebble tool" that was one of the early tools. The "Pebble Tool" was the first tool to have a sharp edge. Archaeologists have also found bone structures of early man from 3,000,000 years ago to 4,000,000 years ago. A lot of things have been found from early man, and we have only found so much.
Today an archaeologist came into our classroom and talked about prehistoric times. It was a very interesting period filled with real things to pass around, and lots of facts. I learned a lot but, one thing I really remember is that a long, long time ago people had 1/3 of the size of the brain that we have today. We saw a skull replica of what people's heads looked like and they were MUCH smaller than the size of heads that we know today. They had the brain knowledge of a 5 year old.This is important because we need to know that they were not as smart as humans now, in the 21st century. I learned a lot and this was a wonderful experience.
The speaker from the Bruce Museum talked about our ancestors and the tools they used. One of them was a hand axe. The speaker chipped a piece of the hand axe off with another tool. The piece she broke of of the hand axe scraped on a paper and it went through seven sheets. Also she said thats how sharp the hand axe were back then. Still to this day there very sharp. I also really liked how she showed us how there was a volcano where one of are ancestors lived. It exploded and went on the road that they walked on and no one buged as the ashes came down and surounded them. When are ancestors walked through it, it left a foot print and then it started to rain, so for generations the prints have hardend and became fossils.
Posted by Beaver
The lady from the Bruce Museum talked about lots of interesting facts. The facts that I will talk about are how we evolved and made better tools. In very early times we sharpened rocks so we could hunt. Later on we started to make axes by putting sharp rocks onto sticks which could help us more in a lot of situations. Over time, we developed even more tools that helped us to build other tools more quickly and more efficiently. In conclusion I think that we got a lot smarter than we used to be.
The archeologist told us about many things today. A lot of it whooshed right over my head and I couldn’t repeat it for the life of me. One thing stuck with me. The way they thought and their brain size. Earlier they had 1/3 our brain size. Then it got bigger and finally it was our size. She said they didn’t use their full brain capacity, even when they had the same size brain as us. We think more complexly and we use more of our brain. We are expected to remember a lot of things that would be deemed unnecessary back then, if they used their brains to figure that out. But they survived because they figured out the important stuff when it came down to it. They remembered stuff like how to make tools and figured out how to make fire and that they needed fire. It may seem like a duh to you that you need to cook your food but they were the ones to figure that out for us. They were living longer healthier lives thanks to an instinct to us. Their brains were definitely smaller and less used compared to us, but I find it kind of impressive what they managed to accomplish with that making their odds for success a lot lower.
When the speaker from the Bruce Museum came today she taught us about archeology. What I found most interesting was that tools were invented millions of years ago. I found that interesting because she showed us some of the tools that have been found in a dig site. We were able to see how the tools changed over millions of years. The tools went from a pebble tool (a piece of rock that you hit on another rock to break a piece off and get an edge) all the way to an axe with a shock absorber.
I learned a lot about early man today. I found it very interesting. I loved the whole thing & was fascinated by the authentic tools that were brought in. It kind of surprised me that they didn’t find Lucy’s full body. I had always thought that they had found her full body. I enjoyed the presentation a lot.
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Today someone from the Bruce Museum came in and taught us a lot of things about the prehistoric times. I really liked learning about all of the tools, digs, and early man. I learned that early man created most of the tools we have today and we’ve made the tools more, modern. Like there was a hammer, and an axe. Sound familiar? Then they made a tool that had both on it. Kind of like a, hatchet/hammer. I thought it was interesting that they had one third of our brain size but still knew how to make these things. I really like learning about this topic and hope we learn a lot more about it.
What I learned from the speaker from the Bruce museum was that the pre-historic people could walk on their feet. I know it sounds weird but all my life I've heard that in pre-history people weren't people they were apes and monkeys. So know I learned something new from something I thought I already knew.
Today in Mrs.McManus's class a lady came and taught us about archaeology. I learned that the people a long time ago,had a hand axe. Thats how axes were invented. This tool was important because,it was used to cut of branches to make fire. It was also important because,they used it to get fire from lightning, and they will be cozy (warm) and they can cook their food. That is what I learned today in Mrs.McManus class. I really learned a lot today.
Posted by giraffe
Today in social studies I learned about the tools that people used millions of years ago. One is the pebble tool. People of the Oldwan tribe used the pebble tools. They were fashioned by Homo erectus over half a million years ago. The earliest known pebble tool was created 2.6 million years ago. Another tool is the hand axe. Hand axes were found mainly in Africa, Europe and Asia. Also, the hand axes are mainly made of flint. There are some other tools we learned about today. They include the axe, prepared core and the scraper. Many of these tools were smooth but had a sharp edge. I concluded that the tools now are much more advanced than what they were millions of years ago, but they were still decent for their time period.
An archeologist came in today and she talked about a lot of things that were all very interesting. I liked a lot of the things that she talked about and one of them I liked the best. The on that I am talking about is the hammer and on the other side there is an axe. I think that this was a very amazing idea coming from people who had 1/2 our brain size. I did not know that they put shock absorbers in there to absorb the shock. I would probably not think of that. The fact that they inserted rock in the wood that they used for a handle and then the blade did not come out when the just put it there. They must have used some material that held them together. All of the things that the lady from the Bruce Museum were very impressive. I am really glad that the lady came and told me all of those things. She even had examples!
Posted by Lion
Today I learned that while we were still evolving from apes that their brains were only 1/3 the size of ours. She also showed us a variety of different tools. I think the tools were important because it proves that people are coming up with new ideas every day even back then. When the lady showed us the painting of early man in Africa I was surprised at how ape like their faces were.
Wolf said...
The archeologist that came in today spoke about early man and the tools that they used for survival. One that caught my attention was the hand axe. This was of interest because it was amazing how they could carve out sharp edges into one rock by using another rock to create an axe that would perform many tasks. They would use it to carve up animals, cut down trees, and make little pieces of clothing. It also amazed me that so few tools that she spoke about could accomplish so much in their daily lives.
The archeologist who came today thought us about of the earliest man. She said they had many tools some of the tools were the pebble tool, hand axe, scraper, blades, prepared core, and the axe. They were used for many different reasons the scraper was used for making blades were used for cutting things and so were hand axes. Pebble tools were used for breaking off pieces of sharp rock that also cut things. This is important because cutting is how you shape things or break off pieces.
One of the many things I learned about the prehistoric people today in class was how they made a fire. They made them either when lightning struck or volcanos erupted. Then afterward, they tried to keep the fire going to cook food or for warmth. You could be thinking why didnt they just rub two rockes together and make a fire. They didnt know they could do that back then.
Today someone from the Bruce museum came to our class to talk about the early man. One thing I found interesting was the axe shock absorber. I think that was really smart of them to make. They put it in between the axe blade and the handle. The handle was made of rock, and so were the axe and the shock absorber. They put it there because whenever they hit a tree with the axe, the handle broke from the force or shock. It was a cup-shaped rock, with the axe blade going into the inside of the “cup”. I don’t know how they thought of that, but the other tools were smart like that too. The axes were sharper than you think. They were sharpened by another rock, and then attached to a long rock, shaped like a handle. They also made hand axes, which were very similar to the axe blades. They are like hand axes with handles. It was easier to cut down a tree with a normal axe, and very hard to do it with a hand axe.
During one period a lady from the Bruce museum (I don’t remember her name) she taught us about Neanderthals to people 4,000,000 million years ago. She taught us how we probably once were people who could not cook meat and talk to each other. She also showed us how they used these tools to help them in every day life. Plus she showed us how there brain size changed from 1/3 to 2/3 to 3/3 the 3/3 means are brain size now. She showed us things like how there jawbone looked. For example they looked like this cause they ate raw meat. She all so showed us how they started to make these rock beads that have pictures on them. There was a lot of cool stuff she showed us. It was really fun- Human
The scientists say that the early men used to capture fire. How did they capture fire? Well this is what they meant. The early men didn’t know how to make fire. They didn’t have anything that could keep them worm. But they really needed fire. They had to be worm. Well it’s ok when its summer you can live without fire in summer. But in winter, it’s hard. So what they did is they waited for lightning. If a lightning hit a tree and it caused fire. The early men would take some sticks burn them in the fire (so the stick would be on fire) and bring the fire back to the fire place that was build out of rocks. And started some fire in the fire place that helped them. They would be worm and it would be easier for them to live. They might have been not as smart as we are ,but if they wouldn’t thought of that idia. We might not had fire at all.
Today the archeologist spoke to us about early man. She talked to us about the tools they used. There were 5 tools she talked to us about, the pebble tool, axe, scraper, prepared core and hand axe. She also talked about the old world and new world. I learned a lot today but, the thing that I thought was cool was how their brains are 1/3 the size of our brains. We saw a replica of a head back then and it was really small, it looked like the size of a baby’s head. I think this is important because it’s good to know what they used back then. And it’s also fun to compare the people from back then to us.
By grasshopper
I learned that the early Hominines’ had a brain size a third of ours. But they still could get the job done and survive. This is important to know because as I said before their brain were a third the size of ours. And if they didn’t sue that then we might not be alive to this day we might not have existed.
The expert archeologist from the Bruce Museum that came in to teach us about early men and their tools taught us many things, like their special jobs and brain size, but the thing that was the most interesting in my opinion was the sharpness of the blade that the archeologist hit out of the rock. She made rips and paper, and they looked very, very deep! This made me sit up in my seat a bit because I didn't know such sharp tools can be made from a rock without sharpening them or anything. Also, that the rock piece was so small it made it even more interesting!
THE BRUCE MUSEUM SPEAKER
Today a ‘BRUCE MUSEUM’ speaker came by our classroom to teach us her findings as an archeologist about the living of early mankind. She taught us some interesting facts, did you know that these early humans had about one third a size brain compared to your 21st century brain of today? Early humans were believed to be much smaller in size then the people of modern times? Lucy (the most complete skeleton from the early man era ever found so far) contributed to that fact, at 18 she was around five feet! But these unknowing people did find a way to adapt to their surroundings, they created many tools including and axe that was made with bone and rock. These early made beings made fur covered huts in the late summer so that in the winter months they wouldn’t be deprived of warmth. When the Viking era occurred about the same time, the violent Vikings made it as far as Spain before dying out. Early mankind was a quick learning and adapting race, without them gaining knowledge from their mistakes we might not be alive today!
The speaker who came here from The Bruce Museum taught me a lot about early man. Something extremely interesting to me is that the early Hominids, who had one third of the brain size of us were still able to create useful tools like we can. It’s amazing to see how similar we are to someone with only one third of the brain size then us.
Today an archeologist came in and talked to us about tools and many other stuff about pre historic times. One of the tools I thought was the most interesting was the axe. It was a rock medium sized rock with a little point on the end. The rock also had a hole in the middle of it. You would put a long stick in the hole. Every time you hit something with the axe there would be a shock, it would hit the stick and the stick to brake. So to prevent that you would put a strong piece of wood on the back end of the rock. It will hit the wood piece instead of the stick. It would be a long day replacing the stick all the time.
Today an archeologist came in and talked to us about tools and many other stuff about pre historic times. One of the tools I thought was the most interesting was the axe. It was a rock medium sized rock with a little point on the end. The rock also had a hole in the middle of it. You would put a long stick in the hole. Every time you hit something with the axe there would be a shock, it would hit the stick and the stick to brake. So to prevent that you would put a strong piece of wood on the back end of the rock. It will hit the wood piece instead of the stick. It would be a long day replacing the stick all the time.
The lady that camed today talked about early men to apes to now in days. She shwoed us old tools that were used. I thought that it was cool.It was nice having another persone teach us.
The expert from the Bruce museum came and taught us about archaeology which is the study of ancient artifacts. An archeologist needs to be very patient when they are working because if they are not something can go wrong. like they can break a fossil that they were trying t find for a long time.
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