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…
A Bit of Drilling
This lesson provides an opportunity for students to look at ocean drilling through the eyes of engineers as they test…
Deep Dive into Biodiversity Below the Seafloor
This lesson has students build a model analogous to Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization (FISH), which microbiologists can use to identify microorganisms….
Beyond the Surface: Earth’s Magnetic Memory Revealed in Seafloor Cores
Students will use paleomagnetic data taken from ocean floor drilling Site 1208 to understand that magnetic reversals have occurred throughout…
Analyzing Earth’s History Using Sediment Cores
Students will practice the skill of interpreting scientific data by describing and finding patterns in ocean sediment core samples that…
O-18 Isotopes & Glaciation
3.9.2 Haiku
3.9.2.haiku captures exploration and discovery as it took place hundreds of kilometers off the coast of Cape Town, in the…
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…
