They have come to retrieved some artifacts from that civilization and now must not only describe them carefully, but also radio the description back to the home planet where drawings will be further study. The success of their mission depends on the accuracy of their description. Student teams up describe and make quantative observations of their hardware item. When complete, descriptions are exchanged. They further speculate on the use that planet Earth would have had for the item.
Archaeologist teams reveal original item.
Each student will describe their experience as an alien archaeologist and include the following questions in their answers.