Southwest

Presentations For Kids

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FPAN staff is available to visit your classroom, camp, or club to provide hands-on archaeology education activities! If interested, select from the presentation list below and fill out our “Request a Speaker” program request form at the top of the page. Programs are free for public schools, public libraries, local museums, and non-profit organizations.

FPAN Southwest also offers bilingual programs! All of the presentations on this page can be given in Spanish as well. Please e-mail southwest@fpan.us for more details.

Florida Archaeology Month (March), summer calendars and Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15) fill up fast, so please schedule as soon as possible in advance! All programs are dependent on speaker availability.

Pyrotechnology

 This activity introduces students to prehistoric culture, focusing on ways that local prehistoric people used fire to meet their daily needs.

PB&J: How (and why!) Archaeologists Find Sites

 A classic! Students systematically excavate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to explore the concepts of stratigraphy and survey, emphasizing how archaeologists use the scientific method in the field.

Prehistoric Pottery (for kids!)

 Students learn about the advent of pottery in Florida, and do hands-on experimentation using play-doh or air-dry clay to explore pottery-making and -decorating technology.

Atl-atl Antics (for schools only)

 In this program, kids get an introduction to archaeology and the chance to try a prehistoric hunting tool, the atl-atl, for themselves.