Materials: -Coring Pipe -Modeling Clay -Colored Pencils -Plastic Beaker or Cup -Rulers -Plastic Butter Knife -Wax Paper -Mug -Pony Beads White 3 Pink 6 Purple 7 Green 5 Orange 5 Blue 4 Yellow 3 Red 5 Black 5 Complete the Part 2 data before going on! Then begin by placing a 5 cm x 5 cm layer of clay approximately ½ centimeter thick in the beaker to represent the first, or deepest, layer of sediment in the core. Use a cup or mug to help roll out the clay on wax paper. Keep the clay on wax paper while you work. Using the data table from the Part 2 as a guide, place one of each color bead that represents macrofossils found at that depth into the center of the clay. Repeat one and two layering the clay one on top of the next until you have built and stacked together all 10 layers. Take a core sample by pressing your coring pipe straight downwards into the middle of the sample and pull it out slowly. Carefully remove the core from the pipe by gently pressing your core back out. Use the plastic butter knife to cut the core in half. Name: Post Lab Questions: Measure and record the length of the core. How many years does it represent of sedimentation if 1 cm=22 years? Draw a picture of what you see in each layer and label the different bead colors found.
Materials: -Coring Pipe -Colored Pencils -Rulers -Wax Paper -Modeling Clay -Plastic Beaker or Cup -Plastic Butter Knife -Mug -Pony Beads White 3 Green 5 Yellow 3 Pink 6 Orange 5 Red 5 Purple 7 Blue 4 Black 5 Complete the Part 2 data before going on! Then begin by placing a 5 cm x 5 cm layer of clay approximately ½ centimeter thick in the beaker to represent the first, or deepest, layer of sediment in the core. Use a cup or mug to help roll out the clay on wax paper. Keep the clay on wax paper while you work. Using the data table from the Part 2 as a guide, place one of each color bead that represents macrofossils found at that depth into the center of the clay. Repeat one and two layering the clay one on top of the next until you have built and stacked together all 10 layers. Take a core sample by pressing your coring pipe straight downwards into the middle of the sample and pull it out slowly. Carefully remove the core from the pipe by gently pressing your core back out. Use the plastic butter knife to cut the core in half. Name: Post Lab Questions: Measure and record the length of the core. How many years does it represent of sedimentation if 1 cm=22 years? Draw a picture of what you see in each layer and label the different bead colors found.
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