It’s Not Just the Core that Tells the Hole Story: An introduction to Downhole Logging Technology

Deep Earth Academy/Consotrium for Ocean leadership

Ocean Literacy Principles:

 OLP#1: The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
OLP#2: The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features of the Earth.
OLP#7: The ocean is largely unexplored.

Overview

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. For more information: www.deepearthacademy.org

SUBJECTS: 
GRADES: 6-8, 9-12
This lesson meets National Science Standards
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