Mummification

Parents often ask "Why do students mummify cucumbers in fourth grade science"?

Explore this:

Check out this scholastic article about Mummifying Pets.  Explore the various links including the digital article and the power point.

*****Mummy Maker - great interactive site that lets you make a mummy.  Along the way you make decisions

about what to remove and what to leave behind, tools to use,....

There are lots of fun sites about mummification and Ancient Egypt.

*******The Unknown Mummy  a really fun adventure.  You explore a tomb, collect artifacts and then try to figure out whose tomb you're in!

Minding your Mummies: The Science of Mummification 

HowStuffWorks "Egyptian Mummification"

Write your name in hieroglyphics

Fun site with lots of information about Egypt

The Book of The Dead and document preservation