Developing Interdisciplinary Climate Change Education via Experiential Archaeology Learning: A Collaborative Case Study from Southeast Florida

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Bridging Science and Service: How Archaeologists Address Climate Change" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Archaeology is an ideal discipline by which to introduce students to integrated humanistic and scientific analyses, including those focused on studying the cultural responses regarding, and the modern impacts of, climate change. Here, we discuss the development of an experiential educational archaeological excavation unit at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Lab Schools in Boca Raton, Florida, a collaborative effort by K-12 and college researcher-educators, Bureau of Land Management experts, and specialists in archaeology, marine biology, engineering, and other fields. The educational unit replicates aspects of a major multi-phase archaeological site in Jupiter, Florida, that is highly at-risk of, and in mitigation for, coastal erosion. We aim to expand hands-on learning opportunities to a range of area schools, museums, and other educational venues.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Bridging Science and Service: How Archaeologists Address Climate Change   •
• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)

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Abstract Id(s): 50825