Centers and Large Facilities - Education and Outreach
Project Name: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program |
Location: 815 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste. 210, Washington, DC (Int’l Mgt. Hdqrtrs) |
Contact information: Nancy Light, nlight@iodp.org, 202-465-7511 |
Website: www.iodp.org/education |
Main Project description/purpose |
IODP is an international marine research program that uses drilling technology and multiple platforms to explore, monitor, and sample the sub seafloor ocean. IODP scientists conduct drilling expeditions to support scientific investigations of 1) the deep biosphere and sub seafloor life, 2) environmental change, 3) Earth processes and solid geodynamics. |
Education and Outreach Mission and Goals |
IODP Education and Outreach promotes IODP research activities with the loftier goal of conveying the value of scientific ocean drilling to society at large and increasing public awareness of this science discovery program globally. Key goals, coordinated among multinational program partners, include:
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Primary Audience(s) served (i.e., high school teachers, college students, etc.) |
Scientists-at-large; academics, nonscientists interested in new technologies, Earth science, scientific discovery, and the global environment; engineers, technology professionals. |