Gas Hydrates: Don’t Try This at Home
Methane Hydrates: All Caged Up
Core Description: What You See is What You Get
Sediment Deposition Supports Seafloor Spreading
Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to:
Secrets of the Sediments
Mohawk Guy and his Band of Neogene Planktic Foraminifer Friends
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.