Do you have a class or homeschool group of budding young archaeologists? Schedule a volunteer archaeology lab that is just for youth! Classes will learn all about how artifacts and other archaeological material get processed in the laboratory so we can use them to learn about the past. This hands-on activity involves artifacts from an actual archaeological site, students will help our FPAN archaeologists clean, identify, and sort artifacts and learn how we use these important items to learn about people’s lives 1,000 years ago!
Many descendants of the people who built and lived at Weedon Island 1,000 years ago still live in Florida today, archaeology is just one way people today learn about and understand the past!
Event Duration: This is a 1 hour event. Please let us know if you’d like to discuss a longer event.
Event Audience: This event is best suited for youth ages 8-15 and youth must be accompanied by adults for the duration of the program. Ideal audience size is 10-20, the maximum audience size is 25, including accompanying adults.
Event Locations: This event takes place at the Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center at 1800 Weedon Drive NE
St. Petersburg, FL 33702. FPAN staff will coordinate with the Preserve to schedule the event.
This class is free to attend but if you would like to donate to our local FPAN programming please go to https://giving.usf.edu/online/ and enter Fund #420088 for FPAN (Florida Public Archaeology Network) Operating. Any donation is greatly appreciated!