- There is a quarry on Easter Island where statues stood.
- People long ago carved the large stone moai there.
- Researchers flew small aircraft and took many photos.
- They used the photos to make a digital map.
- The map shows each statue's place, size and position.
- Students and young researchers helped with the work.
- The results help local people care for the site.
- The work gives new ideas about how people organised.
Difficult words
- quarry — a place where people cut stone
- carve — to cut and shape hard materialcarved
- moai — the large stone statues on Easter Island
- digital — made or shown with computers and numbers
- position — the place where something is located
- organise — to plan how people or things workorganised
- researcher — a person who studies or finds informationresearchers
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Discussion questions
- Would you like to visit Easter Island?
- Have you used a digital map before?
- Do you like taking photos?
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