Grades 9-12
National Science Education Content Standards:
Standard A: Science as Inquiry
Standard D: Earth and Space Sciences
Students explore average rates of seafloor spreading where the Pacific, Cocos and Nazca plates meet off the coast of Central America. Cores and data were recovered during the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 206 to Site 1256 located in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.
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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.
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