How Science Works – Discovering Life Below the Seafloor Poster
This poster highlights the pathway one microbiologist and her colleagues follow to unravel the mystery of what is living in…
A Tale of Two Teeth
This lesson is a storytelling activity—a story that has characters (including a villain), a series of mysteries (starting with unexplained…
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…
Continents and Currents
During World War II, an American attack transport captain, named Harry Hess, noticed that the size of submarine volcanoes became…
A “Bit” of Engineering
A revised and updated version of this lesson exists. Check out A Bit of Drilling! After the core is brought…
Microfossils in Blake’s Nose
Check out Drilling into Deep Time to see an updated version of this resource!
Embroidering Microfossils
This pdf provides templates for many microfossils, however, there are hundreds of types not included here. You can find more…
The “Hole” Story about Ocean Cores
Lab groups can work together to examine high resolution photos and data from four cores taken at various depths in…
A Site Survey Expedition to the Indian Ocean Poster
The Sea90E poster – written for middle and high school students – introduces what a site survey cruise is, what…
Tahitian Sea Level Change Core (IODP 310)
The two 30cm replicas of 310-20A-22R-2 display coral sandstone and massive coral (Porites) in growth position with interbedded microbiolites (organosedimentary…