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Investigating Seafloor Spreading Using Nannofossils

Investigating Seafloor Spreading Using Nannofossils

This lesson focuses on determining the age of oceanic crust at ocean ridges using nannofossils. Students will model seafloor spreading,…

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May 2025
By Maya PincusEducation, Microfossils, Plate Tectonics, seafloor mappingComments Off on Investigating Seafloor Spreading Using Nannofossils
Discovery Under the Ocean Floor

Discovery Under the Ocean Floor

This lesson has students analyze ocean sediment cores to understand how scientists use this evidence to reconstruct the geologic history…

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09
Apr 2025
By Maya PincusEducation, Plate Tectonics, seafloor mappingComments Off on Discovery Under the Ocean Floor
Digging Deep for Evidence of Changes on Earth

Digging Deep for Evidence of Changes on Earth

In this introductory activity, students will analyze core sample data to identify sediment composition on the ocean floor. During this…

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09
Apr 2025
By Maya PincusClimate Change, Education, History of EarthComments Off on Digging Deep for Evidence of Changes on Earth
Understanding Oceanic Crust Using Density

Understanding Oceanic Crust Using Density

This lesson focuses on density, relating it to various factors that can affect the behavior of rocks and tectonic plates….

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07
Apr 2025
By Maya PincusEducation, Physcial Properties, Plate TectonicsComments Off on Understanding Oceanic Crust Using Density
Cycles and Sediments: The Layers in Ocean Sediment Cores Reveal Earth’s Climate History

Cycles and Sediments: The Layers in Ocean Sediment Cores Reveal Earth’s Climate History

This lesson has students analyze sediment in ocean cores from the Ross Sea to interpret as evidence of environmental changes….

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07
Apr 2025
By Maya PincusClimate Change, Education, History of Earth, SedimentologyComments Off on Cycles and Sediments: The Layers in Ocean Sediment Cores Reveal Earth’s Climate History
Crustal Clues: Investigating Seafloor Spreading

Crustal Clues: Investigating Seafloor Spreading

This lesson focuses on how sediment deposition and thickness on the ocean floor evidence for seafloor are spreading. Students will…

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07
Apr 2025
By Maya PincusEducation, Plate Tectonics, SedimentologyComments Off on Crustal Clues: Investigating Seafloor Spreading
Put a CORK in It: Monitoring Conditions Under the Seafloor

Put a CORK in It: Monitoring Conditions Under the Seafloor

This lesson has students interpret data from monitoring equipment installed within holes in the ocean floor from which sediment cores…

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07
Apr 2025
By Maya PincusEarthquakes, Education, Plate Tectonics, VolcanoesComments Off on Put a CORK in It: Monitoring Conditions Under the Seafloor
Collecting Cores from the Seafloor

Collecting Cores from the Seafloor

In this lesson, students will analyze images from the International Ocean Discovery Program to understand the process of how cores…

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05
Apr 2025
By Maya Pincuscore curation, Drilling, Education, Expeditions, STEM Careers, TechnologyComments Off on Collecting Cores from the Seafloor
Climate Fluctuations Recorded in Seafloor Sediment

Climate Fluctuations Recorded in Seafloor Sediment

This lesson has students evaluating oxygen isotope data from different sediment cores and correlating fluctuations in the data with ice…

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17
Mar 2025
By Maya PincusClimate Change, Education, Geochemistry, History of Earth, Icebergs, Microfossils, SedimentologyComments Off on Climate Fluctuations Recorded in Seafloor Sediment
Climate Diaries of the Deep: Research on Ancient Environments

Climate Diaries of the Deep: Research on Ancient Environments

This lesson focuses on the use of data to study how Earth’s climate has changed over time. Students use foraminifera…

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Mar 2025
By Maya PincusClimate Change, Education, Geological time, History of Earth, Microfossils, PaleontologyComments Off on Climate Diaries of the Deep: Research on Ancient Environments
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