Objective(s): Improve participants' foundation in seismology, provide participants with a variety of high-quality, scientifically accurate activities to deliver content to their students, and provide participants with experience involving both the content and the educational activities as the primary means of knowledge transfer.
| 8:00AM | INTRODUCTION ACTIVITY/ Sheryl Braile(SJB), Happy Hollow School |
| 8:20AM | WELCOME, SPONSORS, INFORMATION ON IRIS/ John Taber (JT), IRIS |
| 8:30AM | Goals, Learning Objectives, Organization of The Day/ Michael Hubenthal (MH), IRIS |
| 8:40AM |
PLATE TECTONICS, EPICENTER PLOTTING, PLATE PUZZLE (SJB) |
| Outcome: To increase participants’ understanding of plate tectonics and the occurrence of earthquakes and experience the plate puzzle hands-on teaching activity | |
| 9:10AM | SEISMIC WAVES (HUMAN AND SLINKY)/ Larry Braile (LWB), Purdue University |
| Outcome: To increase participants understanding of earthquake wave propagation | |
| 9:40AM | Break |
| 9:55AM | OVERVIEW OF STATIONS (EARTHQUAKE MACHINE & SEISMOGRAPHS) |
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Station A
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| 10:15AM | THE EARTHQUAKE MACHINE/ John Lahr (JL), USGS and (MH) |
| Outcome: To increase participants’ understanding of stick-slip fault behavior through mechanical modeling | |
| 10:45AM | SEISMOGRAPHS – THE AS-1 SEISMOGRAPH & AMASEIS SOFTWARE, THE IRIS SEISMOGRAPHS IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM/ (JT) |
| Outcome: To increase participants understanding of principles of seismograph operation. |
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Station B
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| 10:15AM | SEISMOGRAPHS – THE AS-1 SEISMOGRAPH & AMASEIS SOFTWARE, THE IRIS SEISMOGRAPHS IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM/ (JT) |
| Outcome: To increase participants understanding of principles of seismograph operation. |
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| 10:45AM | THE EARTHQUAKE MACHINE/ John Lahr (JL), USGS and (MH) |
| Outcome: To increase participants’ understanding of stick-slip fault behavior through mechanical modeling | |
| 11:15AM | Break (5 minutes) |
| 11:20AM | US MID-WEST EARTHQUAKES & EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION/ (LB) |
| Outcome: To increase participants’ awareness of earthquake hazards in the Mid-Western US | |
| 11:40AM | PARTICIPANT ATTRIBUTE SURVEY/REIMBURSEMENT FORMS - LUNCH/ (MH) |
| 1:00PM | OVERVIEW OF STATIONS (JOURNEY AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS) |
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Station A
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| 1:20PM | WALK-RUN ACTIVITY/ (JT) & (SJB) |
| Outcome: To increase participants’ understanding of seismic wave propagation and the processes of earthquake location using a kinesthetic activity. | |
| 2:00PM | SEISMIC/ERUPTION & SEISMIC WAVES PROGRAMS/ (LB) & (JL) |
| Outcome: Gain experience with using two computer programs for display and analysis of earthquake and volcanic eruption data and seismic waves. The programs are easy to use and are useful tools for teaching about earthquakes, volcanoes and plate tectonics. | |
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Station B
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| 1:20PM | SEISMIC/ERUPTION & SEISMIC WAVES PROGRAMS/ (LB) & (JL) |
| Outcome: Gain experience with using two computer programs for display and analysis of earthquake and volcanic eruption data and seismic waves. The programs are easy to use and are useful tools for teaching about earthquakes, volcanoes and plate tectonics. | |
| 2:00PM | WALK-RUN ACTIVITY/ (JT) & (SJB) |
| Outcome: To increase participants’ understanding of seismic wave propagation and the processes of earthquake location using a kinesthetic activity. | |
| 2:45PM | Break |
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| 3:00PM | BUILDING CONTEST/EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS (LB) |
| Outcome: To identify factors in building construction, which increase a buildings ability to withstand an earthquake. | |
| 4:30PM | DESCRIBE MATERIALS AND COMPLETE EVALUATION/ (MH) |
| 5:00PM | WRAP-UP/ DISTRIBUTE MATERIALS |
