This Is an Example of a Recent AS1 Workshop
When
September 14-16, 2007
Where
Maryland Science Center Baltimore, MD
Who
Teachers awarded AS1 seismographs through the fall 2007 Seismographs in Schools Program
Presenters
- John Taber, Michael Hubenthal - IRIS
- John Lahr - USGS
- Larry Braile - Purdue University
- Matt Fouch - Arizona State Universit
Participant Support
IRIS will provide:
- Travel expenses up to $500 (commercial carrier or mileage for private car)
- Hotel costs for two nights at the workshop hotel
- Food costs
Workshop Objective(s)
- Teachers will be able to set-up, calibrate, operate and troubleshoot their AS-1 seismograph
- Teachers will be able to use data collected from their AS-1 seismograph as an integral part of their seismology/plate tectonics instruction.
- Teachers will be able to participate as part of a larger community of educational seismograph users. (e.g. Data sharing via SPINET, the near-real time web images and collaboration, etc
Possible Agenda Topics
- AS-1 Set-Up, Operation, Calibration and Trouble Shooting
- Station naming and registering
- Classroom activities involving waveforms, the AS-1 and EQLocate
- Event Magnitude & Distance Calculations
- How to share your data and use data from other schools
- Displaying your station on the web
- Using AS-1 Data in Seismic Waves
- Using Seismic Eruption to enhance the classroom experience
- Attendee poster session on AS-1 use
Registration for this workshop is now closed. For additional information please contact: Lindsay Wood -
