4th Grade Fish Slough
Docent Information
On this page: Schedule, Calendar, Location Map, Training Videos, Handbook with lessons and background, docent sign-up form, and docent schedule.
On this page: Schedule, Calendar, Location Map, Training Videos, Handbook with lessons and background, docent sign-up form, and docent schedule.
ESWP Archeology Dates 2025
Training Day: Friday March 3, 2024 8 am - 1 pm
Location: Meet at VONS, across from the gas pumps
Please bring water, lunch, and clothes to be comfortable in all weather, outside all day. Transportation provided to Fish Slough.
Program Dates:
Training: March 3, 8 am - 1 pm
Program Time and Dates: 7:30 am - 2:30 pm
March 4: Lone Pine
March 5: Round Valley, Owens Valley, Big Pine
March 11: Bishop
March 12: Bishop
March 13: Bishop
Program Hours: Meet across from the entrance to the Vons gas station at 7:30 am, back by 2:30 pm (depending on how long it takes us to pack up - kids arrive at 9 am and are on the bus to leave by 1:35).
Lesson plans are in Handbook; Journal answer key is an earlier version but has answers, for reference
Background Information you may find interesting and/or helpful
The Bigger Picture: How Rock Art fit into the Lives of the People who made it - Rock Art Lecture at White Mountain Research Center by David Lee
The Obsidian Trail - Archaeologists in the Owens Valley have for thirty years recorded petroglyphs, pottery, and bone, wood, and stone tools, piecing together the lifeways of the region’s original inhabitants. With advances in analysis of obsidian (black volcanic glass), they are re-examining what ancient arrowheads, points and flakes can reveal and are learning some surprising things. Also available on YouTube - see videos on Teachers' page.
Saved by a Bucket, but Can the Owens Pupfish Survive? New York Times (gift article - you should be able to open without a subscription)
More resources coming soon!
Once you sign up, you can expect to receive a confirmation email and find your name on the scheulde document shortly.