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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Iceman

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars engage in a lesson that deals with the finding to The Iceman. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Then students work together in order to create different questions about the Iceman. Then the information is...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Iceman 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and analyze the Iceman found in Europe with all of his organs preserved along with his personal artifacts. Students identify then about North Native Americans and write an essay defining their differences.
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Article
BBC

Bbc News: Scientists Solve Iceman Mystery

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the theories as to how Oetzi the Iceman died over 5,300 years ago. Oetzi's remains were found in 1991 by hikers in the Italian Alps.
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Article
BBC

Bbc News: Iceman Keeps Scientists Guessing

For Students 9th - 10th
Report from December 2000 about scientific findings to that point about the body of Oetzi, a 5,300-year-old corpse discovered in 1991 in the Italian Alps.
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Website
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: The Science Behind the News: Secrets of the Mummy

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the study of oxygen isotopes in the teeth of Oetzi, the 5,200 year mummy found in the Tyrolean Alps, as a way of identifying where the man had probably lived. Includes map of location of the body upon death.