Microscope image of sediment from an Expedition 395 core.

Actvity Summary: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to create an argument that supports their use of climate proxies to determine that climate has changed from glacial to interglacial through geologic time.


Jennifer Field, Expedition 395

  • Standard A: Unifying concepts and processes in science
  • Standard B: Science as inquiry
  • Standard E: Earth and space science

  • Stability and change

  • Analyzing and interpreting data
  • Engaging in argument from evidence

  • ESS3.D Global climate change
  • LS2.C Ecosystem dynamics, functioning, and resilience