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Teacher Resources

Are you a teacher who wants to work aboard the JR?

Julie Pollard sailed on Canterbury this past winter.  Read all about Julie, as well as Doug LaVigne and Nasseer Idrisi, our sailing educators during the Bering Sea and Shatsky Rise expeditions, and watch this space for future opportunities!

You can also participate in onboard education workshops; click here to learn more about the School of Rock.

Got a question about the ship, the science, or the folks onboard? 

Work with your students to post comments and ask questions directly to our scientists through the Ask a Scientist page.

Need an introductory presentation on the JR for your students? 

We've got everything you need to teach and learn about microfossils.

Or, browse all our resources below:

Posters

Microfossils: The Ocean's Storytellers

This poster shows several different images of microfossils, taken through microscopes. The microfossils were found in cores recovered by the scientific ocean drilling vessel, JOIDES Resolution.

When a core is brought up on deck, scientists look at these slides to identify the microfossils found in cores and determine the age of the sediment, as well as something about Earth’s past climate. The activities on the back of the Microfossils poster simulate the identification and use of these microfossils to examine past climate change and Earth history.

Download the Microfossils: The Ocean’s Storytellers poster, with activities on the back (PDF, 4.5 MB)

This media is appropriate for all grades.
Measure for Measure

Students calculate scales of distance and length as used by ocean drilling scientists. This activity can also be applied to the mastery of proportions, ratios, fractions and scale.

Download Measure for Measure (PDF, 147 KB)

Please email education@joidesresolution.org for information concerning a metric measuring tape, or any metric measuring tape will work for this activity.

While all media on this website has strong educational value, this media is most appropriate for fourth grade and above.
The "Hole" Story About Ocean Cores

The “Hole” Story About Ocean Cores will introduce your students to core description and curation techniques used by scientists and technicians during Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 309. Lab groups can work together to examine high resolution photos and data from four cores taken at various depths in this first-of-its-kind complete section of oceanic crust. This poster includes background information and five classroom activities on the back.

While all media on this website has strong educational value, this media is most appropriate for secondary and high school grades.

Classroom activities

JOIDES Resolution Papercraft Model

The JR goes origami! Fold your own paper model of the ship, complete with helicopter.

Download the instructions here (PDF, 785 KB)

This media is appropriate for all grades.

Fact sheets/background

Site Survey Expedition Sea90E: Teacher at Sea 2007

This great poster features the work of our 2007 Teacher at Sea on board the Sea90E site survey cruise in the Indian Ocean. Explore the ship’s track, bathymetry plots from the expedition, and science challenges faced by the crew along the way! Check out our blog to see what our current Teacher At Sea is doing.

Download the poster (PDF, 7.4 MB)

Contact us for your classroom copy at education@joidesresolution.org .

While all media on this website has strong educational value, this media is most appropriate for secondary and high school grades.
The JR Photo Mosaic

Hundreds of Cruises... Thousands of People... Endless Discoveries!

A beautiful poster containing over 6500 images from nearly 40 years of scientific ocean drilling expeditions. The reverse side includes a historical timeline, reflecting important milestones and exciting discoveries in the past 40 years of scientific ocean drilling research.

Explore careers in the drilling sciences with the Career Interactive, based on the JOIDES Resolution Photo Mosaic, by clicking here.

Request a poster copy by emailing education@joidesresolution.org.

This media is appropriate for all grades.
The JR Sticker Voyage

Fun classroom/home activity designed for K-6 graders. Launch your own JR and set the scene with this sticker set. Want to change your mind? Peel off the stickers and put them in new places.

Request copies of this fun set for your students by emailing education@joidesresolution.org. Be sure to include full information for mailing and the number needed. Supplies are limited, so please request early.

While all media on this website has strong educational value, this media is most appropriate for third through sixth grades.
About Microfossils

Microfossils are microscopic single-celled organisms that belong to the Kingdom Protista (or Protoctista). Examples include calcareous nannofossils, foraminifera, diatoms, radiolarians, and silicoflagellates; planktonic organisms that inhabit the sunlit surface waters of the world ocean. The tiny shells of microfossils are the sediments that cover vast areas of the seafloor.

Download our microfossils fact sheet (PDF, 32 KB)

This media is appropriate for all grades.
Tales of the Resolution!

Check out episodes of our graphic novel, Tales of the Resolution!

This media is appropriate for all grades.

Fun stuff (stickers, core pencils, papercraft model, and globes)

JR Coloring Sheets

We've created two unique coloring sheets for you. Finish them both!

Stories in a Core coloring sheet (PDF, 1.28 MB)
JOIDES Resolution dot-to-dot (PDF, 1.05 MB)

While all media on this website has strong educational value, this media is most appropriate for second grade.
What on Earth is a Core?

A collection of resources explaining cores and core drilling.

Click here to view this resource.

While all media on this website has strong educational value, this media is most appropriate for secondary and high school grades.
Vocabulary Study Guides

Two vocabulary study guides, featuring ship words and science words related to the activities of the JOIDES Resolution.

The JR Glossary (PDF, 226 KB)
Suitable for grades 4-12.

Advanced Vocabulary Study Guide (PDF, 172 KB)
For grades 10-12.
This vocabulary supports the concepts presented in videos found on thejr.org.

While all media on this website has strong educational value, this media is most appropriate for fourth grade and above.
Milestones in Discovery (and Society)

Compare the past 50 years in scientific drilling and American society side by side. This timeline graphic will help your students put the history of scientific drilling in a more familiar context.

Open the full image in a new window (JPG, 370 KB)

This media is appropriate for all grades.