Plate Tectonics and the Seafloor - Instructor's Guide | Data Explorations part of SERC:External Collection:OOI
This exercise introduces students to the connection between seafloor features and plate tectonic processes. It invites and encourages students to make their own observations, first by general identification of ...

Thermohaline Circulation - Instructor's Guide | Data Explorations part of SERC:External Collection:OOI
This exercise is a case study that takes students through the entire learning cycle from invitation to reflection as applied to the development of North Atlantic Deep Water in the Irminger Sea. Several types of ...

Emergency Backpack and Earthquake Preparedness Actions part of SERC:External Collection:IRIS Collection
Learners explore how an emergency backpack and earthquake preparedness actions are their best insurance for survival during worst-case scenarios. In the 5- and 20-minute activities, learners discover situations in ...

Designing Earthquake-resistant Structures—Engineering for Safety part of SERC:External Collection:IRIS Collection
This activity develops an understanding of why buildings collapse and what can be done to make them more resilient to earthquake ground shaking. Learners investigate the impact of seismic waves on buildings to ...

Earthquake Machine (Activity 1 of 2) part of SERC:External Collection:IRIS Collection
The Earthquake Machine is a simple model that helps learners visualize the inputs and outputs of an active fault system that leads to earthquakes. The Earthquake Machine introduces the basics physics of an ...

Introduction to Faults and Plate Tectonics part of SERC:External Collection:IRIS Collection
This interactive activity provides three options to demonstrate the geometry of faults (normal, reverse, and strike-slip) and fault displacements with 3-D models. Fault models aid in the visualization and ...

Mapping Worldwide Earthquake Epicenters part of SERC:External Collection:IRIS Collection
Computer-based visualizations and/or current earthquake reports are used to determine worldwide patterns of earthquake magnitude, depth, and location. These activities use the IRIS Earthquake Browser (IEB; ...

Chlorophyll-a in upwelling vs. stratified temperate regions - Instructor's Guide | Data Explorations part of SERC:External Collection:OOI
Time series data is utilized to connect lecture discussion on ocean currents, upwelling/downwelling, seasonal variability, ocean chemistry, and productivity. Students are given the opportunity to explore these ...

Dynamic Air-Sea Interactions - Instructor's Guide | Data Explorations part of SERC:External Collection:OOI
This exercise is a case study that, if used in full, takes students through the parts of the learning cycle from exploration to application as applied to an episodic atmospheric event on the New England ...

Magma Movement and the Shape of the Seafloor - Instructor's Guide | Data Explorations part of SERC:External Collection:OOI
Students can explore how primary production, temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen varies in an area that experiences upwelling (North Pacific - Coastal Endurance Array) and an area that does not (South ...