Archaeology Scotland Learning Team

Having lots of fun🦖😄 but also reflecting on learning and skills developed, and sharing feedback🙂

Great final @ArchScot Attainment through Archaeology workshop with the fantastic pupils from @TrinityAc_ESB🤩 Exploring Victoria Park, using #STEM skills to locate, mark out and recreate the former bandstand. Bronze Heritage Hero Awards all round👏 #SPFoundation #HESsupported

📸Cast of a medieval stone mould for a pilgrim’s medal. Made of plaster, stained brown with a cross and a saint side by side. Found in St. Andrews Kirk, North Berwick. Original - East Lothian Council Museums @JohnGrayCentre collection. @ArchScot 3D model👇 skfb.ly/6CzL8

We have a special Scotland Online Young Archaeologists' Club workshop this Saturday to celebrate St Andrew’s Day!🎉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Exploring Saints and Pilgrimage in Early Medieval Scotland - quizzes, activities and lots of interesting info for 8-16 year olds. Sign up👇 Scotland Online YAC

Exploring Victoria Park in #Leith with young people on our latest Attainment through Archaeology project. 📍Locating the site of the bandstand following an intro to historic maps using the @ArchScot @natlibscot 🗺️Mapping History resource👇 digital.nls.uk/mapping-histor… #HESsupported

@LearningHoolet @ArchScot @EdinArch @ScotArchStrat @HistEnvScot @AdoptaMonument @DigItScotland @YAC_CBA @CoalfieldCLP Thanks so much Fiona!

@as_learn @ArchScot @EdinArch @ScotArchStrat @HistEnvScot @AdoptaMonument @DigItScotland @YAC_CBA @CoalfieldCLP Gave a shout oot tae yer #LearninginLockdown project at the Edinburgh, Lothian & Borders Archaeology Conference in yer absence! #DueADayOff!

Another busy week for the @ArchScot Learning Team!😅 ⛴️ Return from Shetland Science Fair 🎉#SPFoundation Awards event in Glasgow 🦺4 workshops with pupils in East Ayrshire & Leith 🧑‍🎓Talk to @EdinArch students 💻Scotland Online YAC workshop This week’s random 📸👇😂 #HESsupported

📸Thanks to P6/7 pupils from Ochiltree Primary School who are taking part in the @CoalfieldCLP dig and who found and identified this artefact for us! #ContemporaryArchaeology

We may not have won but what a fantastic evening hearing about all the incredible #SPFoundation projects. 🎉Congratulations to all the winners, so inspiring!🎉

We are very excited to be at @ScottishPower HQ for the Scottish Power Foundation Awards 2024. We’re delighted to be shortlisted in the education category. Wish us luck!🤞

🌊🔬 We brought our @ScottishPower-funded Energy through Time project to the Shetland Science Fair! ✨Over 2 days, 250+ students from Shetland schools got hands-on with archaeology workshops, designed water wheels and tackled climate change’s impact on Shetland’s heritage!

Brilliant to welcome @crookstoncastle primary to the Castle today for #OutdoorClassroomDay They got a hands-on history lesson, joining in the work of finding and recording the Castle's masons' marks.

@LearningHoolet @NLFerries @ArchScot @AdoptaMonument @ScotArchStrat Thank you!

@as_learn @NLFerries @ArchScot @AdoptaMonument @ScotArchStrat Haha - love this. Huv a great trip!

The geophysics team are packed and good to go!😂 We’re SO excited, we’re off to the Shetland Science Fair! Thanks to Shetland Community Benefit Fund & @NLFerries. Loads of fun activities!👇 🗺️Exploring Energyscapes 🌊Impact of Coastal Erosion 🔬STEM in Archaeology #SPFoundation

Fabulous to see some of the highlights that the Scottish Archaeology sector delivers, not least the amazing work my brilliant @ArchScot colleagues champion @AdoptaMonument @as_learn @HHAwardScot @ScotArchMonth #PublicBenefit #Scotland #CommunityArchaeology #PublicArchaeology

@ArchScot brought in some really interesting artefacts from the Stone Age - some of them were 6,000 years old! Our novel ‘Wolf Brother’ was brought to life and we got a good idea of what life was like at that time #activelearning

Great to share our work with @ArchScot members, staff and trustees at our Members Day & AGM at @themerchantshse A brilliant talk about the work of veterans at Waterloo from @ProfTonyPollard And heartening to see text by @SirGeoffPalmer next to the bust of James Ewing.

This Saturday our Scotland Online Young Archaeologists Club workshop is a #HeritageCareersWeek special!🎉 If you're aged 8-16, join us to discover the huge variety of jobs in archaeology and which suits you best. Sign up👇 membermojo.co.uk/scotland_onlin… @DYWScot @YAC_CBA @ArchScot

🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that our own @Kieran_Mchip has been shortlisted for the @archaeologyuk 2024 Archaeological Achievement Awards in the Early Career Archaeologist category! 🎉 Congratulations Kieran & best of luck ...🤞

🎉 The #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards 2024 shortlist is here! 🎉 Explore the outstanding nominees across categories like Learning, Engagement, Sustainability, and more. A huge congratulations to all the incredible candidates! Discover the shortlist 👉 archaeologyuk.org/resource/annou…