The “Hole” Story About Ocean Cores
Grades: 9-12 | Undergraduate
The five activities found on the back of the “Hole” Story About Ocean Cores poster introduce students to core description and curation techniques then challenge them to examine high resolution photos and data from four cores taken at various depths on Expedition 309.
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Download or view classroom activities on the back of this poster (in Adobe PDF format):
- Visual Core Description
Students identify and describe distinguishable characteristics in one or more core sections. - Core Section Curation
Students use guides to catalogue and label one or more core samples. - Mineralogy and Petrology of Oceanic Crust
Students examine and match whole thin section photos to the cores from which they were sampled. - Drilling Rates through Oceanic Crust
Students calculate drilling rates over a three-day period. - Density of Oceanic Crust
Students calculate density of samples from a core, determine the relationship between density and depth, and compare continental rock samples.
Poster Credits:
Writing – Alan Gelatt, Leslie Peart, Matthew Niemitz
Design – Matthew Niemitz
Images courtesy IODP-USIO
