Discover Academy - Underground Explorers | Kids Out and About Salt Lake City

Discover Academy - Underground Explorers

Kids learn about archaeology and the techniques scientists use to excavate long-lost cities! They discover ancient civilizations and the tools and artifacts they use in everyday life! They also study bone fragments, pottery shards, amber deposits, and fossils. Each class also includes a make-and-take-home project, such as a fossil replica and coins from around the world!

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Day 1

HISTORY HUNTERS: We dig for dinosaurs! We put on our paleontology hats and go looking for prehistorical treasure! We learn the ins-and outs of a paleontological dig and create our own 3D fossils.

Day 2

PIECES OF OUR PAST: We investigate artifacts! We learn about patterns of wear and hypothesize about the use of unfamiliar items. We get to decorate a clay pot and use the pattern to help us reconstruct fragments of a broken pot.

Day 3

BURIED STORIES: We study ancient civilizations! We learn about Pompeii and recreate the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. We discover how certain conditions can preserve objects and help us better understand ancient cultures and historical events.

Day 4

ANCIENT ARTIFACTS: We unravel time! We discover how to date objects, using techniques like carbon dating and stratigraphy. We use a metal detector to find buried coins and then use the skills we’ve learned to restore them to their former glory, and figure out where they came from!

 

Location: 
197 500 South, Bountiful, UT 84010, USA
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Contact name: 
Laurie Larsen
Dates: 
06/08/2026
06/09/2026
06/10/2026
Time: 
9:00 AM- 10:30AM