Foraminifera shells under the microscope.

Actvity Summary: Students will learn the method of using Oxygen isotopes in the determination of paleoclimate. Students will create a model that demonstrates the differential evaporation and deposition of Oxygen isotopes and explain their role in the dating process.


Jennifer C. Field

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

  • Patterns
  • System and system models
  • Stability and change

  • Developing and using models
  • Analyzing and interpreting data

  • ESS3.D Global climate change