It's Not Just the Core that Tells the Story - Activity of the Month February, 2008

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Audience:
Grades 5-8Grades 9-12

National Science Education Content Standards:
Standard A: Science as Inquiry
Standard B: Physical Science
Standard D: Earth and Space Science
Standard F: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Standard G: History and Nature of Science


Keywords: technology, logging,

In this activity, students read about "down-hole logging" technology, in which instruments are lowered from the drilling ship into the hole after cores have been removed to measure physical properties that reveal more about sea floor sediments and rocks. They then examine sample logs to note patterns and interpret the data.