Episode 2: Re-Fit Madness
It provides a rare description of how science research at sea is made possible through the highly coordinated efforts of…
Episode 1: Tales of the Resolution!
The reader is introduced to the ship and its history of discovery. This graphic novel takes place just before the…
Microfossils: The Ocean’s Storytellers Poster
Microfossils are microscopic single-celled organisms that belong to the Kingdom Protista (or Protoctista). Examples include calcareous nannofossils, foraminifera, diatoms, radiolarians, and silicoflagellates; planktonic organisms that inhabit the sunlit surface waters of the world ocean. The tiny shells of microfossils are the sediments that cover vast areas of the seafloor.
JOIDES Resolution Mini-Poster
Core Description: What You See is What You Get
JOIDES Resolution STEM Careers
Use the above activity with Playing Cards from Expedition 345: Hess Deep Rift.
It’s a Small World After All
The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program is one of the world’s largest international cooperative science programs. Nowhere is that fact more evident than on the decks of the JOIDES Resolution. Each expedition on this United States sponsored drilling vessel includes a diversity of people from all over the world.
How Small? How Big? How Much?
Using the Microfossils: the ocean’s storytellers poster, this lesson will help students understand the size of microfossils found in core…