For the Undergraduate ClassroomIt’s a little known fact! Deep Earth Academy offers 8 modules for undergraduates based upon data spanning 26 scientific ocean drilling expeditions, from Deep Sea Drilling Program Leg 3 to Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 303. Written by Mark Leckie (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) and Kristen St. John (James Madison University) for School of Rock 2005 participants, each activity is linked to pertinent data sets, graphics, videos, lab briefs and core photos. Two new posters appropriate for undergraduates are also available, and more modules are on the way. Have a module or lesson plan to share with your colleagues? Contact Sharon Cooper.
Undergraduate Module |
DSDP-ODP-IODP Data
Used in Activities |
Leg/Expedition |
Site-Hole |
1. Plate Tectonics
Activity: Plate Tectonics and Contributions from Scientific Ocean Drilling
History of a program/Test of a hypothesis |
DSDP 3 |
14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 |
2. Core Description and Lithostratigraphy
Activity: Core Description and Lithostratigraphy
Group inquiry: what criteria would you use to describe sediment cores?
Drilling, receiving, describing sediment cores |
ODP 130, 145, 206
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807A, 887C, 1256B
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ODP 204, IODP 303 |
1245D, 1308A |
ODP 130, 145, 206 |
807A, 887C, 1256B |
3. Microfossils - Biostratigraphy
Activity: How Old is It? Part 1 - Biostratigraphy
Group inquiry: What do you need to know next? |
ODP 198, 202 |
1208, 1237A, 1237B |
ODP 204, IODP 303 |
1245D, 1308A |
ODP 204, IODP 303 |
1245D, 1308A |
ODP 130, 145, 206 |
807A, 887C, 1256B |
4. Paleomagnetism - Magnetostratigraphy
Activity: How Old is It? Part 2 - Magnetostratigraphy (Paleomagnetism) and the Geomagnetic Polarity Timescale
Group inquiry: What do you need to know about Earth's magnetic field? |
ODP 198, 199, 202 |
1208, 1218, 1237, (1237 A, B, C, D) |
5. Geophysics - Seismic Stratigraphy
Activity: Why Did They Drill There?
Drill site selection, sea level change |
ODP 149, 173 |
900, 901, 1067, 1068 |
ODP 208 |
1263, 1264, 1265, 1266 |
ODP 150, 174A
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seismic line: 1071, 1072, 1073 |
6. Carbonate Geochemistry
Activity: various exercises and background information |
ODP 130, 145, 206 |
807A, 887C, 1256B |
7. Ocean Crust
Activity: various exercises and background information
Group inquiry: What criteria would you use to describe basement cores?
Drilling, curating, describing basement cores |
ODP 206 |
1256D |
8. Abrupt Events of the Past 70 Million Years
Activity: Abrupt Events of the Past 70 Million Years - Evidence from Scientific Ocean Drilling
Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/P) boundary
Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)
Eocene/Oligocene (E/O) boundary interval |
ODP 171B, 198, 207, 208 |
1049, 1209-1212, 1257, 1261, 1262, 1267 |
Bonus activities:
High Resolution Marine Ice Core and Marine Sediment Records: Archives of Orbital Oscillations (Milankovitch Cyclicity) in Climate
A Bolt from the Blue – An Introduction to Methane Hydrates
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