The Robot Archaeologist

The Robot Archeologist is a lesson plan designed for Earth Science or Mathematics students in grades 9-12. This lesson plan was published by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) for their Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Festival 2008 (AUVfest 2008), which addressed how AUVs can be used in marine archeology. In this lesson "students will design an archaeological survey strategy for an AUV, and use dead reckoning techniques to calculate appropriate speed and course instructions that would allow the AUV to carry out this strategy, and to calculate course corrections." This lesson plan includes a an introductory essay about about marine archeology and AUV navigation, followed by a step-by-step learning procedure and assessment. This lesson plan also includes student worksheets and a list of additional resources that may be of interest.