Illinois Science
Here is your challenge, view all of the following links and answer all of the questions. For additional information for a research paper or maybe just because you are curious about the subject, click on one of the additional links.
In this web quest, you will be learning that Archeology can be found all around you, even in Illinois. A lot of people tend to think of Illinois as just the corn capitol of the U.S. We have found that there are several area where you could view archeology; to view websites of these pages, click on the links below.
- Discover Dickson Mounds Museum
- www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/dickson/homepage.htm
- Using the History link, how old is Dickson Mounds?
- Instead of removing the bones from the grave, what did Don Dickson use to research them
- Under the Archeology link scroll town to the subtittle "Dickson Mounds". How many mounds are there?
- In the same section; tell what else there is (hint: there are 2 of them)
- Old Ben Coal Mine
- www.msichicago.org/exhibit/coal_mine/cutawaymine/cutawaymine07.jpg
- Click on "Click here to begin". Scroll all the way down, how far are you under ground?
- Click on "Mining in the 1930's". Scroll right. What is the first thing you see?
- Scroll right and click on "Click on the cross cut passage to explore your exploration". What is the first thing you see?
- Scroll right. What drills into a shale roof to hold the layers together?
- 3D Visualization of Monk's Mound
- www.ee.siue.edu/~srsmith/totalmounds/mounds_top.html
- Scroll down to the third picture, what has been placed over the picture?
- What is the fourth picture about?
