Why are these Sophomores so engaged? They"re archaeologists of course!
They're using paintbrushes to dig though the sand. When they find an artifact (a piece of a puzzle), they have to try to fit it to the other found pieces. Then, they guess what they think the puzzle picture may be. This turned out to be a very fun project. The puzzle picture was a small kitten. They guessed dinosaur, plant, tree, lion, monkey, and furniture. (Oh, I only put about 1/3 of the puzzle pieces in the sand.) I was then able to explain that many times archaeologists do the same thing. They only get fractions to the puzzle and they have to make their best educated guess.
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