ACTIVITY - MUD IS MUD OR IS IT
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Mud Is Mud...Or Is It? - NOAA Ocean Explorer ![](/images/perma_link.png)
Summary
Students compare various types of deep sea sediments and evaluate the variables in each sediment type which could affect its suitability as habitat for living organisms.
Concept: Sands
Sand is a mixture of land and ocean substances.
Sand is a mixture of land and ocean substances.
National Science Education Standards
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K-12 Unifying Concepts and Processes
Systems, order, and organization
9-12 A Science as Inquiry
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Understandings about scientific inquiry
9-12 D Earth and Space Science
Origin and evolution of the earth system
Ocean Literacy Essential Principles (PDF booklet): 2. The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features of the Earth (concept d)
Life on an Ocean Planet text reference (book link): Chapter 14 Ocean Sediments
(click a standard to show activities that meet it)
K-12 Unifying Concepts and Processes
Systems, order, and organization
9-12 A Science as Inquiry
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Understandings about scientific inquiry
9-12 D Earth and Space Science
Origin and evolution of the earth system
Ocean Literacy Essential Principles (PDF booklet): 2. The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features of the Earth (concept d)
Life on an Ocean Planet text reference (book link): Chapter 14 Ocean Sediments