Related: Geology

LESSON PLANS AND ACTIVITIES

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  • Rock Eaters of the Gulf of Alaska

    / NOAA Ocean Explorer

    Students will be able to compare and contrast the processes of photosynthesis and chemosynthesis; identify and describe sources of energy used by various organisms for chemosynthesis; predict what chemosynthetic reactions might be possible in selected extreme environments.

    For more information: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov.

    Grades: 9-12

  • Where There’s Smoke…

    / NOAA Ocean Explorer

    Students explain how fundamental relationships between melting and boiling points, solubility, temperature and pressure can help to develop plausible explanations for observed chemical phenomena in the vicinity of subduction volcanoes.

    For more information:
    http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov.

    Grades: 9-12

  • Off Base

    / NOAA Ocean Explorer

    Students define terms pH and buffer. Students explain in general terms the carbonate buffer system of seawater. Students explain Le Chatelier’s Principle and predict how the carbonate buffer system of seawater will respond to a change in concentration of hydrogen ions.

    For more information:
    http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov

    Grades: 9-12

  • It’s Sedimentary, My Dear Watson

    / Deep Earth Academy/Consortium for Ocean Leadership

    In this introductory activity, students analyze core sample data to identify sediment composition on the ocean floor. They use Google Earth to make their own qualitative observations that help them determine the types of sediments that make up the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. For more information, www.deepearthacademy.org

    Grades: 6-8

  • Wanted: Dead and Well-Preserved. . .Mohawk Guy and his Band of Neogene Planktic Foraminifer Friends

    / Deep Earth Academy/Constortium for Ocean Leadership

    Students use foram “bio cards” to read and interpret authentic scientific data and build a graphic representation to unlock ancient history stored within sediment cores from the western equatorial Pacific. For more information: www.deepearthacademy.org

    Grades: 6-8, 9-12

  • Secrets of the Sediments

    / Deep Earth Academy/ Consortium for Ocean Leadership

    In this activity, students graph and analyze data from sediments collected off the coast of Santa Barbara, California to determine whether this information can be used to study historical climate change. For more information, www.deepearthacademy.org

    Grades: 6-8, 9-12