NEW ANIMATION SET

Explore Hotspot Volcanism!

What is a hotspot? Explore our new animation set! Two narrated animations explore hotspot volcanism from both a plate-tectonic perspective and as a single-island history.

YOUR THOUGHTS ARE IMPORTANT TO US!

Teachable Moments Survey

Have you used our Teachable Moments resources?? We would appreciate you completing our short (9 question) survey. We are evaluating our products, and your feedback would be a great help as we plan for the future.

INTERACTIVE ANIMATIONS

Explore our Interactive Animations

Explore our collection of interactive rollover flash animations. This collection includes a recently updated map of Significant Earthquakes from 2001-2011 with Generalized Tectonics!

NEW ANIMATION SET

Explore Earthquake Hazards!

How will 3 buildings, engineered equally, on different bedrock react to an earthquake? Explore our new animation set! Animations explore amplification and liquifaction and include an example from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

PROGRAM NEWS

Seismographs in Schools

We are disappointed to announce that we will be unable to offer a full educational seismometer distribution and workshop this Fall 2011. We will not be accepting any new applications at this time. This is due to the continued difficulty in obtaining instruments. We are committed to this program, and we are searching for a solution that will allow us to continue to support our existing teachers. We hope to be able to reinstate our training program and instrument distribution soon.

NSTA FOLLOW UP

Welcome NSTA Teachers!

Welcome to all the teachers that joined our listserv at the National NSTA meeting this March in San Francisco! We hope that you will find useful resources on our website.
 
A special congratulations to Teresa Welsh of Washington, the winner of our Earthquake book giveaway!

NESTA JOURNAL

Available Online

We are pleased to have partnered with National Earth Science Teachers Association to produce a special seismology focused issue of their journal The Earth Scientist. The theme for this issue is Modernizing Your Seismology Education. In this issue, you will find a collection of five invited articles that showcase the complexity and wealth of new teaching opportunities that exist within seismology education.