Sediment Deposition Supports Seafloor Spreading
Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to:
Secrets of the Sediments
Check out Oxygen Isotopes Reveal Ancient Climates for an updated version of this resource!
Understanding Seafloor Spreading with Nannofossils
Mohawk Guy and his Band of Neogene Planktic Foraminifer Friends
Modeling Plate Tectonics
JOIDES Resolution STEM Careers
Use the above activity with Playing Cards from Expedition 345: Hess Deep Rift.
It’s Sedimentary, My Dear Watson
We made an updated version of this lesson! Check out Digging Deep for Evidence of Changes on Earth.
JOIDES Resolution Website Exploration
Discovering Life Below the Sea Floor
Students highlight these elements in a reading about a marine microbial biochemist named Beth Orcutt to learn how she conducted her science. Students are then introduced to the Science Flowchart and plot the steps Beth took to see an example of how science is a non-linear process that involves creativity, new invention, collaboration, and more.
Citizen Scientists and Decision Making
From websites and newspapers to Internet searches, the evening news, and popular magazines, “Citizen Scientists,” often receive and have to decipher scientific information directly from the media. But sometimes it’s a confusing process.