The image below shows a work in progress of a duct tape example of the JOIDES Resolution (research vessel) with the cork below the ship. The cork is the observatory that the scientists drill through to take samples of the sea floor while at sea. The cork is left in the same location with sensors collecting data about the environment. Data will be retrieved on the next exhibition. The ship and the cork are not drawn to scale and still have a lot of work to help complete them. But this is their progress so far. They thought it was very difficult working in duct tape and didn't understand why. I explained about taking an entire course in art school just using duct tape. The intent of this activity was to help them get a more tangible picture of how this ship works, what its used for and what the cork observatory is doing within the seafloor crust.
This next image represents some of the research done on the topic of microbes. Scientists on the JOIDES reserach vessel are studying microbes that live in the seafloor. This large plastic design is a representation of a microscopic microbe called a
Thiamargarita namibiensis. In studying this microbe we made Winogradsky Columns to cultivate microbe communities to get a better look. The columns didnt develop as much because we didnt include chalk in teh sample. microbes need this to thrive. The lab is really smelly so the students complained about doing it. They are still cultivating as we speak in the closet and on the window sill.
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