Learn About Seafloor Spreading with Real Ocean Drilling Data
In the last “Educator Ideas” blog, I shared an activity that showed students what it looks like when an ocean…
Blowing Up Drill Pipe
Drilling two thousand meters below sea level into hard rock from a ship is not something you do on a…
Let's take a look through the moon pool.
Let’s take a look through the moon pool.
Did you realise that we have a big hole in the bottom of our boat? Its hard to imagine that…
Inductively Coupled What?!?
Here you’ll learn what the heck the subject of that picture is, and why it’s important to IODP Expedition 330. …
Why Starting a Relationship with a Hotspot is Going to be Complicated
Hotspots are like the strong, silent type. On the surface it is obvious they are very powerful, but it is…
Who named the Louisville Seamount Trail?
How Many Justin Biebers Tall is the JOIDES Resolution?
A lot of things about the JOIDES Resolution are big. They are so big that it might be hard to…
December 2010
Make a Seamount Trail in the Classroom
Learn about a hands-on activity that can help students visualize how a hotspot and a moving plate can create a…