Teaching Activities

The 2020 IODP School of Rock took a virtual tour through the cutting-edge, hot off the presses 2050 Framework for Scientific Ocean Drilling that will guide the next 30 years of scientific ocean drilling research. Participants adapted and curated existing IODP educational materials to develop these teaching activities.

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Acidification of the Oceans at the time of KPg event and Now
Cathy Carpenter, Norwich City School District; Shaundra Davis, Richfield Springs Central School District
This activity will engage students in researching the sequence of events and effects of the KPg event. Students will compare using data the acidification of oceans today to the acidification of the oceans after the ...

ODP 171b K/T Core Map Analysis
Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School; Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School
In this activity, remote, hybrid, or face-to-face students may use the map to make observations and interpret the information.

What is a Core? Playlist
Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School; Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School
This activity is a Google Slides playlist that will introduce students to the basics of cores, how they are collected, and what kind of data they contain. This playlist is suitable for use in remote, hybrid, or ...

Microfossils Playlist
Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School; Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School
This activity is a Google Slide playlist that will introduce students to the types of microfossils found in cores and how they can be used to study Earth's history. This playlist is suitable for use in remote, ...

Tectonic Plates Analysis
Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School; Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School
This activity will help students to visualize the interactions of tectonic plates, as well as the life cycle of tectonic plates.

Oman Drilling Project Core Analysis GT2A-120Z2
Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School; Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School
This activity uses core images and graphics as a way for students to analyze data. Students will use the key in order to determine the substances present in the Oman Drilling Project core.

Oman Drilling Project Core Analysis #2
Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School; Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School
This activity uses core images and graphics as a way for students to analyze data. Students will use the key in order to determine the substances present in the Oman Drilling Project core.

ODP 171b K/T Core Observations
Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School; Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School
This activity provides a way for remote, hybrid, and face-to-face students to examine the K/T core (evidence for the impact that caused the extinction of dinosaurs) by recording their observations.

What Lives Down There?
laStelshia Speaks, Baltimore County Public Schools
Learners will travel through a process of learning involving reading a book together, comparing video presentations to information within the book, utilize vocabulary to demonstrate expansion of retained ...

Hallway Sediment Core Mural
Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School; Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School
For the activity, a world map will be constructed in the hallway. Students will be provided with data sets that explain different pieces of evidence. Students will analyze the visual evidence, and will tape the ...

Acquiring English through Children's Science Books
Eloise Gomez, Bassett High School
During a 10-week unit study of basic Earth Science concepts, students will read and translate children's books on related Earth Science topics.