Climate Data from Arctic Coring
These short activities reveal that data on past climates can be obtained from ice and sediment cores. A subset of…
Oh Brother, Is It Hot!
This lesson has students analyze data on cores taken from Brothers volcano, the site of IODP Expedition 376. The data…
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…
Oceanic Crust and Age
Earthquakes and Plate Boundaries
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…
Modeling the Rock Cycle
The rocks that make up the Earth are constantly being recycled. One form of rock is often changed into another…
Density of Oceanic Crust
We made an updated version of this lesson! Check out Understanding Oceanic Crust Using Density. Certain properties of a substance are…
An Expedition to the Seafloor
Check out Virtual Expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge for an updated version of this lesson! The goal of the Deep Sea…
The Race is On…with Seafloor Spreading
Check out Where the Pacific, Cocos, and Nazca Meet for an updated version of this resource! Seafloor spreading is one component…