Event Summary:
University Experience days at the University of Central Lancashire are designed to give students a hands on experience of subject specific areas. The Archaeology Experience Day will do just that.
Full Event Details:
Want to do archaeology rather than watch it on television? Come and experience what archaeology is all about on the University of Central Lancashire Archaeology Open Day, 1st May 2013. After an introductory talk, spend the day doing archaeology with staff and students at UCLAN. With its state of the art facilities and world leading archaeological staff, you will learn some of the behind the scenes methods of archaeological investigation. Activities show how UCLAN archaeologists explore the past, looking at artefacts, landscapes, and scientific equipment. Activities through the day will include:
• Analysis of Ancient Stone Tools: From California to Cumbria; Skeletal Investigation:
• Learning from Bones: Human and Animal Skeletal Analysis
• In the Laboratory: new techniques of archaeological analysis
• Lasers and Landscapes: Digital Mapping and Visual Recreation
Suitable For:
Bookings by Teachers for Key Stage 5 (Students aged 16-18)
Individuals (Enquiry not required to be through a school)
Duration:
Full Day
Minimum number of students:
1
Institution Profile:
Schools and Colleges
The University of Central Lancashire - UCLan offers a variety of activities for students in Further and Secondary Education, either on campus or in schools and colleges, as well as providing information and support for teachers and careers advisers. Several specialist teams work with different student groups.
Our School and College Liaison team is committed to working alongside schools, academies, free schools, sixth forms, further education colleges and University Technical Colleges (UTCs) to support the progression of students to higher education.
We aim to give potential students the information they need to make important choices about their university education.
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Contact: [email protected] or tel: 01772 894443Schools and Colleges
The University of Central Lancashire - UCLan offers a variety of activities for students in Further and Secondary Education, either on campus or in schools and colleges, as well as providing information and support for teachers and careers advisers. Several specialist teams work with different student groups.
Our School and College Liaison team is committed to working alongside schools, academies, free schools, sixth forms, further education colleges and University Technical Colleges (UTCs) to support the progression of students to higher education.
We aim to give potential students the information they need to make important choices about their university education.
Please browse our events on UniTasterDays to find out more.
Contact: [email protected] or tel: 01772 894443
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