INSPIRE: Chile Margin 2010

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This expedition education module focuses on the Chile Margin 2010 Expedition, NOAA-OER.

Ocean Explorer Expedition Education Modules (EEM) are designed to reach out in new ways to teachers, students, and the general public, and share the excitement of daily at-sea discoveries and the science behind NOAA's major ocean exploration initiatives with people around the world. The INSPIRE: Chile Margin 2010 expedition offers a unique opportunity to engage explorers of all ages as we continue our journeys to parts of our ocean planet that few have seen - deepsea habitats at the only place on Earth where an actively spreading ridge between two tectonic plates is being subducted under a continental margin.

 

 Classroom Lessons

A collection of inquiry and National Science Education Standards-based lesson plans for students in grades 5-12 that have been specifically designed for this expedition. These lessons have also been correlated to the Ocean Literacy Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts. You will also find links to other lesson plans residing on the Ocean Explorer Web site that have been developed for previous NOAA expeditions, and have content that relates to the INSPIRE: Chile Margin 2010.

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 Multimedia Discovery Missions

Interactive multimedia presentations and Learning Activities on Plate Tectonics, Mid-Ocean Ridges, Subduction Zones, and Chemosynthesis and Hydrothermal Vent Life.

 

 

 OceanAGE Careers

Ocean Careers to Inspire Another Generation of Explorers, or OceanAGE Careers, invites students to learn about the talented people who explore our ocean planet.

 

 Education Resources

A list of other resources and links related to this expedition for you to explore.

• http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/edufun/book/welcome.html#book  - A free printable book for home and school use introduced in 2004 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of NOAA; nearly 200 pages of lessons focusing on the exploration, understanding, and protection of Earth as a whole system.
• German, C., D. Yoerger, M. Jakuba, T. Shank, C. Langmuir, K. Nakamura. 2008. "Hydrothermal exploration with the Autonomous Benthic Explorer." Deep-Sea Research I 55:203-219.
• Tunnicliffe, V., S. Juniper, M. Sibuet. 1999. Reducing Environments of the Deep-Sea Floor. In: P. Warneck (ed) Chemistry of the natural atmosphere. Academic Press. San Diego. 927 pp.
• Levin, L., G. Mendoza, J. Gonzalez, A. Thurber, E. Cordes. 2009. "Diversity of bathyal macrofauna on the northeastern Pacific margin: the influence of methane seeps and oxyugen minimum zones." Mar. Ecol. 31(1):94-110.