Are you ready for a closer look at these processes? Join Tim and me for our next live ship-to-shore event, when I will take you on a live tour of the core receiving deck and the science laboratory, and we will talk to scientists working onboard the JOIDES Resolution. Before we talk to the scientists who analyze these core samples, why don't you give it a try? Check out this lesson where students can practice being scientists by describing layers of a core and identifying microfossils! https://joidesresolution.org/activities/cores-for-kids/
STEP THREE
Once the core samples are analyzed and processed, science technicians place samples into storage tubes, box them up, and place them in the lower hold of the ship for the rest of the expedition. Once we are back in port the cores are sent to one of three repositories (science storage facilities) around the world. These are located in College Station, Texas, USA; Bremen, Germany; and Kochi, Japan. The samples from Expedition 400 will go to Bremen, Germany.
In about six months, scientists will gather in Germany for a "sampling party." During this week, they will take thousands more samples from these sediment cores and bring them back to their universities and research institutions so they can continue their research.
MATH CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK: If you’re familiar with U.S. measurements of feet and degrees Fahrenheit, you probably noticed I used meters and degrees Celsius in this article. The metric system is the standard measurement system used on the ship and in a lot of scientific work.
