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Chikyu Chronicles: Comics from IODP Expedition 405

Chikyu Chronicles: Comics from IODP Expedition 405

Climb aboard Chikyu, a giant Japanese research ship, and follow a team of scientists from around the world as they…

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Oct 2025
By Maya PincusDrilling, Earthquakes, Education, Expeditions, Plate TectonicsComments Off on Chikyu Chronicles: Comics from IODP Expedition 405
Mapping an Underwater Volcano

Mapping an Underwater Volcano

This lesson has students analyze bathymetric maps (comparing them to topographic maps) to understand how scientists study underwater volcanoes at…

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14
Sep 2025
By Maya Pincusseafloor mapping, VolcanoesComments Off on Mapping an Underwater Volcano
Put a CORK in It: Monitoring Conditions Under the Seafloor

Put a CORK in It: Monitoring Conditions Under the Seafloor

This lesson has students interpret data from monitoring equipment installed within holes in the ocean floor from which sediment cores…

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Apr 2025
By Maya PincusEarthquakes, Education, Plate Tectonics, VolcanoesComments Off on Put a CORK in It: Monitoring Conditions Under the Seafloor
Expedition 398: A Story Told in 34 Cores

Expedition 398: A Story Told in 34 Cores

Welcome to a story about the formation of volcanoes! This book is a compilation of 34 very detailed photographs of…

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03
Mar 2025
By Maya PincusDrilling, Education, Expeditions, History of Earth, Sedimentology, VolcanoesComments Off on Expedition 398: A Story Told in 34 Cores
How to Read a Rock, Vol. 2: A Free Graphic Novel

How to Read a Rock, Vol. 2: A Free Graphic Novel

How to Read a Rock Vol. 2 follows up on How to Read a Rock Vol. 1, the nonfiction graphic novel…

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Oct 2023
By Kevin KurtzDrilling, Earthquakes, Education, Expeditions, Just for Kids, Plate Tectonics, Tsunami, VolcanoesComments Off on How to Read a Rock, Vol. 2: A Free Graphic Novel
Oceanic Crust and Age

Oceanic Crust and Age

05
Aug 2022
By Sharon Katz-CooperGeological time, History of EarthComments Off on Oceanic Crust and Age
Earthquakes and Plate Boundaries

Earthquakes and Plate Boundaries

05
Aug 2022
By Sharon Katz-CooperEarthquakes, Plate TectonicsComments Off on Earthquakes and Plate Boundaries
Augmented Reality Sandbox

Augmented Reality Sandbox

From May – July 2018, scientists aboard JOIDES Resolution Expedition 376 collected core and borehole data from various sites in…

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Sep 2019
By N KurtzEarthquakesComments Off on Augmented Reality Sandbox
From the Mountains to the Ocean

From the Mountains to the Ocean

In 2004, a magnitude >9 earthquake struck North Sumatra and the Andaman-Nicobar islands leading to a huge tsunami. In order…

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Aug 2018
By N KurtzEarthquakes, Plate Tectonics, TsunamiComments Off on From the Mountains to the Ocean
3D Contour Maps

3D Contour Maps

Check out Mapping an Underwater Volcano for an updated version of this resource!   Contour maps are representations of part of…

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Aug 2018
By N KurtzPlate TectonicsComments Off on 3D Contour Maps
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