Virtual Expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
This lesson uses microfossils from drill sites on both sides of the Mid-Atlantic ridge. For each site, students will use…
Unearthing What’s Under the Sea
This activity allows students to use images of sediment cores taken from the ocean floor to practice analyzing data and…
Tiny Giants: Microfossils Preserve Earth’s Secrets
This is an introductory lesson focusing on biostratigraphy of ocean floor sediment. Students will build a model of a sediment…
Time Capsules of the Deep: Exploring Earth’s History through Foraminifera Extinction and Evolution
In this lesson, students will use data on microfossils recovered from the ODP Leg 130, site 806, to be able…
A Technician’s Guide to Ocean Sediment Core Descriptions
This lesson has students make Visual Core Descriptions of ocean sediment cores to mimic the work of technicians on board…
The Scale of Past Climate Events
This lesson has students analyze oxygen isotope and ice rafted debris (IRD) data to identify major climate fluctuations, correlating those…
Plunging Plates
Students will investigate one type of convergent plate boundary (subduction zones) by using a hands-on model and analyzing ocean drilling…
Picture Journey: Introducing Ocean Coring
This series of mini lessons is designed to introduce students to and encourage exploration of a variety of subjects related…
Oxygen Isotopes Reveal Ancient Climates
In this lesson, students will join scientists as they explore how deep ocean sediment cores are used to study microfossils,…
Which Way is North?
This lesson has students use an interactive that will demonstrate how a compass reacts to Earth’s magnetic field at different…