Education and Outreach

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Brian Atwater (USGS Seattle) pointing out tsunami sand deposit from the 1700 AD Great Cascadia earthquake in the banks of the Lewis and Clark River near Ft.  Clatsop, Oregon.
Roots of Sitka spruce trees that subsided into the intertidal zone during the 1700 AD Great Cascadia earthquake.
Earth and Space Science Professional Development Project
A Suite of Educational Computer Programs for Seismology - fig. 3
IRIS/USGS Seismology Displays at the American Museum of Natural History, New York
Educational Seismograph Teaching Modules
Figure 2.  Common-offset gather of data collected during experiment shown in Figure 1.  Data were collected in a karst area with an underground mine midway through the survey (at approximately CMP northing of 80 m).  Data are plotted at true amplitude.
Picture of Jerry Cook’s fifth grade classroom.  Note all of the seismograms hanging on the wall and a layered Earth model activity next to them.
IRIS and Geological Society of America
A Suite of Educational Computer Programs for Seismology - fig. 4
Project SLAM: A Flexible Field Seismology and Earthquake Studies Teaching Module
The December 26, 2004, Sumatra earthquake (magnitude 9.0) recorded by an AS1 seismograph operating at Garfield Elementary School.
The Global Earthquake Explorer: A Versatile Tool for Science Education - fig.2
The U.S. Educational Seismology Network
IRIS and PASSCAL INTERN - fig.1
IRIS and PASSCAL INTERN - fig. 2
The IRIS Education Program in Support of the National Earth Science Teachers Association - fig.1
The IRIS Education Program in Support of the National Earth Science Teachers Association - fig. 2
Snapshot from the 3D interactive visualization (http://siovizcenter.ucsd.edu/library/objects/index.php) of the magnitude 5.4 earthquake on 16 June 2004 near Rosarito Mexico (red diamond denotes the earthquake hpyocenter).
Photos from Hands-on activities at the SIO teacher workshops.  From right to left: Human Seismic Wave, Tectonic Plate Puzzle, Graduation Photos, Hands on Our Earth.
Figure 1.  Students conducting high-resolution seismic survey.
A Real-Time Interactive Educational Seismology Exhibit
The Magnitude 9.0 Indonesia earthquake of December 26, 2004, was well recorded by many IRIS Seismographs in Schools systems.  The record above was recorded at Mattawan High School in Mattawan, Michigan.
Influence of IRIS on the Construction of a College-Level Seismology Course
Global Seismicity Monitor as an Interactive Museum Display - fig.1
Global Seismicity Monitor as an Interactive Museum Display - fig.2
A Suite of Educational Computer Programs for Seismology - fig. 1
A Suite of Educational Computer Programs for Seismology - fig. 2
The Global Earthquake Explorer: A Versatile Tool for Science Education - fig.4
The Global Earthquake Explorer: A Versatile Tool for Science Education - fig.3

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