Egyptian Artifacts Activities and Fireworks

November 4-8

Workshop Activities

1. Craft – Ushabti Statues

2. Key Points – Egyptian Artifacts

3. Collaborative – Quest of the Nile Game

4. Language Arts - Hieroglyphics

5. Math/Logic – Necklace Math

6. Character Connection – True Treasures

7. Big Activity – Mummify an Orange

8. Movement - The Mummy Wants Game

Minecraft Activities

Pyramid Diagram
Tomb Raiders
Curse of the Pharaohs
Build Challenge: Make an Egyptian Artifact

Upcoming Events

Thursday Park Days at Santa Ana Zoo: https://www.facebook.com/events/479026312918466/
Disneyland meetup: November 10 – Ancient Civilizations https://www.facebook.com/events/438347327015581/
Ancient Festivals Celebration: December 16

Fireworks

Read through the fireworks and choose about five that you think might interest your child. Allow him or her to select 1-3 of them.

Make papyrus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FNtqAkzpuU
Play tomb of the Unknown Mummy: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/interactiveadventures/tomb-unknown-mummy/
Try several Egyptian activities: http://www.discoveringegypt.com/
Write a verse about Egypt: http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/Tombs.html
Make some sandpaper art: http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/egypt/sand_paper_art.htm
Play a tomb game: http://www.miniclip.com/games/pharaohs-tomb/en/
Make a pyramid out of Legos.
Make a pyramid out of paper:
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/egypt/paper_pyramid_craft.htm
http://www.korthalsaltes.com/model.php?name_en=square%20pyramids
Find out about the curse of King Tut's tomb. Do you believe in the curse? Why or why not? Write about it on a Curate! Paper.
Visit some mummy Websites:
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/mummies/home.html
http://www.virtual-egypt.com/newhtml/mummies/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/mummies/
Choose one of the Egyptian pyramids. Figure out the volume of the pyramid.
How do you think the Egyptians were able to move so many large stones? Research the common theories. Which do you like best? Come up with a theory of your own. How do you think the pyramids were made? Write down and describe your own theory.
Make scale models of three of the pyramids. Go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/geometry/model.html for a tutorial on the scale. How do the pyramids’ sizes compare to one another?
See the real pyramids at http://www.guardians.net/egypt/egol1.htm .
Make pharaoh jewelry or decorate a sarcophagus.
Turn a room into an Egyptian tomb.
Any of the fireworks from last week: https://www.celebrationeducation.com/2019/10/27/Pharaohs-Activities-and-Fireworks