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<i>The purpose of this page is to illustrate one way a wiki can be used to collaboratively create a student activity. For this demonstration a fictional user has posted their work under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license. That initial material serves as the starting point for other editors to modify the activity in a variety of ways (specifying links to the OLPC Library and other educational resources, adding their own scholarship, suggesting ties into other activity modules and lesson plans). The result is a generally improved activity that also showcases the applicability of wikis for use in teaching knowledge and skills across the multiple academic disciplines of curricula. </i>

== Activity Module: Ancient Egyptian Mummification ==

=== Content Classification ===

Subjects: [[History]] | [[Cultural Studies]] | [[Religion]] | [[Africa]] <br>

Grade Level: [[Primary]] <br>

This activity can be used in conjunction with the Geography [http://wiki.laptop.org/index.phptitle=Wiki_Activity_Module&action=submit#Activity_Module:_Creating_a_Model_of_the_Nile_River_Delta Activity Module: Creating a Model of the Nile River Delta] and with the Literacy Module [[Activity Module: Learning Egyptian Hieroglyphics]] towards the implementation of a multi-disciplinary curriculum about [[Egypt]].

=== Goal / Purpose ===
In this activity, students will learn a rudamentary proceedure for mummification in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Ancient Egyptian] style. The activity is to [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Mummy_Louvre.jpg mummify] a [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Rooster03.jpg chicken].

=== Materials ===
one chicken from [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Vleesfrigo_Smatch.JPG supermarket] <br>
[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Handschoenen-rubber0856.JPG rubber gloves] <br>
[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Ziplock.jpg zip-lock bag] <br>
[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Reczniki_papierowe.jpg paper towel roll] <br>
salt <br>
baking soda <br>
[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Olive_oil.jpg olive oil] <br>
[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Rosemary_bush.jpg rosemary] <br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauze gauze] <br>

=== Procedure ===
You will need to wear gloves for this activity! <br>

Remove the neck, liver and gizzards from the chicken.  <br>
Place each organ in a separate zip lock bag. <br>

Thoroughly wash the chicken, inside and out.  Pat dry with paper towels. <br>
Make a mixture of ½  salt and ½ baking soda.  Fill the inside of the chicken with the mixture.  <br>
Place the chicken in a zip lock bag.  Completely cover the chicken with the salt and baking soda mixture. <br>

Change the mixture every 5 days for 2 weeks.  <br>
After 2 weeks, change the mixture every 10 days.  <br>

After 45 days remove the chicken and rinse with olive oil.  <br>
Rub rosemary on chicken and pat dry with a paper towel.  <br>
Wrap the chicken with gauze and decorate. <br>

=== Resources ===

[http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk British Museum Aegyptica] Copyright Trustees of the British Museum <br>
[http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia_si/nmnh/mummies.html Encyclopedia Smithsonian Mummy Site] for Educational Use with Attribution. No Modification of Materials. <br>
[http://www.yale.edu/peabody/collections/ant/ant_animals.html Animal Mummies] at the Yale University Peabody Museum <br>


== Activity Module: Creating a Model of the Nile River Delta ==

=== Content Classification ===

Subjects:  [[Geography]] | [[Africa]] | [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Libya OLPC Country: Libya] <br>

Grade Level: [[Primary]] <br>

This geography activity can be used in conjunction with the [http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Wiki_Activity_Module&action=submit#Activity_Module:_Ancient_Egyptian_Mummification Activity Module: Ancient Egyptian Mummification] towards the implementation of a multi-disciplinary curriculum about Egypt.

This geography activity can be used in conjunction with other geography activities to provide an in-depth knowledge of environment and ecosystems: <br>
[[Activity Module: Rivers of the World: Amazon]] <br>
[[Activity Module: Rivers of the World: Huang He]] <br>
[[Activity Module: Rivers of the World: Peка Волга]] <br>


=== Goal / Purpose ===

In this activity, students will build a model of the [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Nile_River_and_delta_from_orbit.jpg Nile River Delta] with a variety of common materials, and evidence an understanding of the surrounding geography by including and labeling all important features.

=== Materials ===

aluminium pan <br>
aluminium foil <br>
sand <br>
soil <br>
coffee stirrers <br>
paper <br>

=== Procedure ===

In this activity you will be making a model of the Nile River Delta. <br>
You will be responsible for creating and identifying the following: <br>

a. Mediterranean Sea<br>
b. Nile River and it’s flow <br>
c. Libyan Desert <br>
d. Arabian Desert <br>
e. Red Sea <br>
f. Fertile Ground along the Nile River <br>
g. Farms <br>

<p> Suggestions: </p>

1. You will be given a tin pan and other items to make your model. <br>

2. It will be helpful to make the bodies of water first. Use the tin foil to make these.  <br>

3. Then use the sand to create the deserts, the soil for the fertile ground.  <br>

4. Each item above needs to be in the model and identified using the coffee stirrers and paper. <br>

== See also ==

* [[Wiki creation requests]];
* [[Wikis for children]];
* [[Wiki as a book reader]].