Deep Earth Academy at Texas A & M and Mrs. Brown
On Sunday, July 6, 2008, I will be flying south to Texas for a week of science exploration known as the School of Rock. I will be joined by eleven other teachers around the globe to study with scientists who share an interest in exploring what climate history lies inside core samples from the sea floor. The Deep Earth Academy provides teachers with hands-on experience side by side with scientists who have taken core samples and stored them in this Texas core depository for study. Join me on my journey of discovery as I journal about this experience. Read about what I do, who I meet, what discoveries I make about myself and this important field of science, and then comment back to me. Hope to hear from you while I am there from July 6-14. If you want to get a head start on knowing what the Ocean Drilling Program and its Deep Earth Academy is all about, check out the following websites:
1. Bubba's interactive tour of the ocean drilling ship, the Joides Resolution or JR
http://www.oceanleadership.org/learning/Bubba
2. Check out the teachers and scientists involved in this summer's School of Rock at Texas A & M
http://www.oceanleadership.org/schoolofrock2008/teachers.html
3. From ocean floor to climate reconstruction video-this 5 minute video explains ocean drilling research
http://www.deepearthacademy.org/climate
4. What on Earth is a core? Understand the focal point of ocean drilling
http://www.oceanleadership.org/classroom/cores
5. Legacy of Scientific Ocean Drilling-a comprehensive view of the ocean drilling program
http://iodp-usio.org/About/legacy.html