Activity of the Month: February 2008
Grades 7-12
Students read about “down-hole logging” technology, in which instruments are lowered from the drilling ship into the hole after cores have been removed to measure physical properties that reveal more about sea floor sediments and rocks. They then examine sample logs to note patterns and interpret the data.
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The 15th Annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB®) Final was held April 19-22, 2012 at the Sheraton City Center Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Returning champions Marshfield High School from Marshfield, Wisconsin took home first place.
Congressional appropriators got off to an early start this spring with both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees approving FY 2013 Commerce-Justice-Science spending bills in April with House and Senate floor consideration expected this month.
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