Egypt's pyramids.CyberHunt Activities DESIGN A PYRAMID http://touregypt.net/featurestories/pyramids.htm Use this site's photos and intricate diagrams to show students how Egypt's pyramids were built. Then invite them to design their own unique pyramids. Have students plan, measure, draw, and label their pyramid designs on graph paper. DEBATE: VISITING THE PYRAMIDS www.guardians.net/hawass/index.htm After learning about Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities--which explores and protects the pyramids--have students imagine they are Egyptologists. Then have teams plan and participate in a debate on whether pyramids should be open to tourists and whether mummies : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z From Egypt
TAKE A PYRAMID TOUR http://egyptphoto.ncf.ca/ Share with students the recent pyramid photos from this site to give them an idea of what it would be like to tour Egypt today. Then ask each child to create a postcard using printouts of the photos and write an imaginary Imaginary can refer to:
CyberHunt Answers 1. Tombs. Body. 2. Embalmed. Sarcophagus sarcophagus (särkŏf`əgəs) [Gr.,=flesh-eater], name given by the Greeks to a special marble found in Asia Minor, near the territory of ancient Troy, and used in caskets. (coffin). 3. Ramps. Sledges. 4. Djoser (or Zozer). 5. A red granite sarcophagus. 6. Solar boat. 7. They found female skeletons (that show evidence of carrying heavy stone for long periods.) 8. It was sealed from the inside; robbers had no way to get the treasure, etc. (Answers will vary.) RELATED ARTICLE: Using the CyberHunt Reproducible Invite students to learn about Egypt's magnificent pyramids! Distribute the Reproducible on page 62, and then send students to www.scholastic.com/cyberhuntkids, where they can click directly on each Web link. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CYBERHUNT SAFETY: We review each CyberHunt site. At press time, these links are safe and educational. However, we strongly urge teachers to always review Web sites before sharing them with students. RELATED ARTICLE: INTERACTIVE CYBERHUNT WWW.SCHOLASTIC.COM/CYBERHUNTKIDS Name __________ EGYPT'S PYRAMIDS Each pyramid in Egypt is a wonder of ancient engineering and construction. Find out more at www.scholastic.com/cyberhuntkids. Click directly on each Web link to find the answers. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1. Pyramids were first used as ______ for the kings or pharaohs (and some queens) of ancient Egypt  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. . The Egyptians believed they needed to protect each ruler's ______, so it could be used in the afterlife. WWW.ANGELFIRE.COM/WI/EGYPT/TOMB.HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. 2. When an Egyptian ruler died, he or she was ______ and set inside a ______. The body was then entombed Entombed, or entomb, may refer to:
WWW.SOCIALSTUDIESFORKIDS.COM/ARTICLES/WORLDHISTORY/PYRAMIDS2.HTM 3. Egyptologists believe pyramid stones (some weighing as much as 15 tons) were put in place with ______, which were built around each pyramid, and ______, on which the blocks could be dragged. HTTP://TOUREGYPT.NET/CONSTRUCTION/CONSTRUC.HTM 4. The first large stone structure anywhere in the world was an Egyptian pyramid. The 200-foot-high Step Pyramid The construction of step pyramids has been an ancient part of several cultures throughout history. These pyramids typically are large and made of several layers, or steps, of stone. was constructed for King ______ from many, many tons of limestone limestone, sedimentary rock wholly or in large part composed of calcium carbonate. It is ordinarily white but may be colored by impurities, iron oxide making it brown, yellow, or red and carbon making it blue, black, or gray. The texture varies from coarse to fine. . HTTP://SAXAKALI.COM/COLOR_ASP/HISTORYMAF4.HTM 5. King Khufu, also called Cheops, had the magnificent, 481-foot-high Great Pyramid Great Pyramid, the Cheops’ tomb, built 4,600 years ago, nearly 500 feet high, with bases 755 feet long. [Egypt. Arch.: Brewer Dictionary, 735] See : Wonders, Architectural built from 2.3 million stones. What object was found at the center of this pyramid? ___________ WWW.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/PYRAMIDS/KHUFU.HTML 6. No treasures were ever discovered in the Great Pyramid, but researchers did find a big ancient boat buried bur·y tr.v. bur·ied, bur·y·ing, bur·ies 1. To place in the ground: bury a bone. 2. a. To place (a corpse) in a grave, a tomb, or the sea; inter. b. nearby. Some experts believe it is a ______, meant to carry the late pharaoh into the sun. HTTP://ITRS.SCU SCU Santa Clara University SCU Southern Cross University (New South Wales, Australia) SCU Southern California University of Health Sciences (Whittier, California) SCU Serious Crimes Unit SCU Special Care Unit .EDU/ANTHROWEB/YEARS/1950_60/EVENTDATE5.HTM 7. About 20,000-30,000 people built Khufu's pyramid and the others at Giza. Why do experts believe women helped build these pyramids? _______________ WWW.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/PYRAMIDS/PYRAMIDS.HTML#WHO 8. Why do experts consider Khufu's empty pyramid such a mystery? ______________ HTTP://UNMUSEUM.MUS.PA.US/KPYRAMID.HTM By Gail Skroback Hennessey (www.gailhennessey.com), who teaches 6th grade social studies in Harpursville, N.Y. |
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