Secrets of the Sediments - Using Marine Sediments to Study Climate Change

Secrets of the Sediments -
Using Marine Sediments to Study Climate Change
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Secrets of the Sediments - Teacher's Guide
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Audience: Grades 9-12

National Science Education Content Standards:
 Standard D: Earth and Space Science
Standard C: Life Science

Keywords: climate change, oxygen isotopes, sediment core, microfossils



Description

Learn how to use oxygen isotope data from deep sea sediment samples to determine ancient climate change.

Supplemental Resources

What You See is What You Get
Microfossils: the ocean's storytellers Poster
Nannofossils Reveal Seafloor Spreading Truth!
How Old is It? Part 1 - Biostratigraphy
High Resolution Marine Ice Core and Marine Sediment Records: Archives of Orbital Oscillations (Milankovitch Cyclicity) in Climate
Inquiry into High-Resolution Ice Core and Marine Sediment Records: Archives of Suborbital (Millennial) Oscillations in Climate
What is a Core? View in Flash Download/Print PDF (596KB)
CORE ON DECK! View in Flash Download/Print PDF (1.8MB)
Core Lab Cookbook View in Flash Download/Print PDF (1.5MB)
Ocean Drilling Data View in Flash Download/Print PDF (432KB)
Physical Properties Laboratory Brief

Credits
Written by Ramona Smith during the School of Rock Expedition 2005.

For more information about any of our educational resources, please contact deepearthacademy@oceanleadership.org.

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