All+About+Mummies

=**__All About Mummies__**= = WE ARE NEARLY DONE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME LOOK AT IT IN THE ELP ROOM YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE STAGE CLOSET. I WILL HAVE IT SET UP DURING CHESS. = ==

We are doing some research on mummies for a project like:
== At first Egyptians would bury bodies in small pits in the desert. Heat and dryness of the sand dehydrated the body quickly which made mummies. But they soon noticed that the wild animals were eating the mummies. So they decided to make coffins to keep the animals out. But this was bad because the body couldn't reach the heat and dryness of sand so it wouldn't mummify. Finally they made a method of preserving the bodies this was called embalming of the body. ==

**We will be doing the following activities;**

 * == Researching (using websites to research the history and processes of mummification) COMPLETED ==
 * == Powerpoint Presentation (presenting the research in a PP format using Googledocs) IN PROCESS 95% COMPLETE ==
 * == Creating a museum set (make a display that presents our research and experiments) IN PROCESS ==
 * == Visiting with a funeral home (research the history, purpose and methods of modern day embalming) FEBRUARY ==
 * == Visiting with a taxidermist (compare mummification with taxidermy) ==
 * == Mummify something (use simple non-toxic substances to simulate the mummification process -- hotdogs/drumsticks) COMPLETED ==

[|You Wouldn't Want to be a Mummy] Link to a funny and imformative online book about mummies. And they don't bake cookies.
= Post your ideas on the discussion page under Ideas. = = How to mummify a hotdog [|Mummify a Hotdog] Use this link for instructions. Do not eat the hotdog after you mummify it!!!!!! =