Actvity Summary: Students investigate core samples obtained across a subduction zone off the east coast of Japan and compare the rock found in each drill hole.
- Standard A: Unifying concepts and processes in science
- Standard B: Science as inquiry
- Standard D: Life science
- Standard E: Earth and space science
- Standard F: Science and technology
- Cause and effect
- Scale, proportion, quantity
- System and system models
- Structure and function
- Stability and change
- Asking questions and defining problems
- Planning and carrying out investigations
- Analyzing and interpreting data
- Engaging in argument from evidence
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- ESS1. C The history of the planet Earth
- ESS2.A Earth materials and systems
- ESS2.B Plate tectonics and large-scale system interactions
- ESS2.C The roles of water in Earth’s surface processes
- LS1.B Growth and development of organisms
- LS1.C Organization for matter and energy flow in organisms
- LS2.A Interdependent relationships in ecosystems
- LS2.B Cycles of matter and energy transfer in ecosystems
- LS2.C Ecosystem dynamics, functioning, and resilience
- LS4.B Natural selection
- LS4.C Adaptation