Seismographs in Schools- Vision

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Seismographs in Schools- Vision

• Our Expectations
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• Contract
• Instruments are on loan
• Stay in contact and engaged
• Newsletter, Teachable Moments,
• Animations, Posters, Activities
• Forum
• Annual Survey
• Email (sishelp_at_iris.edu)
• Student interaction with instrument
• Use the instrument to raise awareness
• Return instrument if assignment changes
• Plotting Earthquake Epicenters

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Seismographs in Schools- Vision
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Seismographs in Schools- Vision

• Basic Implementation
• Raises student awareness
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• Only runs AS-1 prior to and following the
  geophsyics unit
• Prints seismograms and posts them next to a
  world map for students to view

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Seismographs in Schools- Vision

• Intermediate Implementation
• Raises student awareness practices teachers
  skills interpreting seismic data
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• Runs station year round
• Keeps station catalog of events recorded on
  station looking up parameters on USGS website.
• Has SnagIt/Fling running so helicorder is
  displayed on the web
• Shares image files of events recorded with
  other teachers via email
• Prints seismograms and posts them next to a
  world map for students to view
• Calculates magnitudes for events from records
  for very large events
• Determines distance to event from records for
  very large events
• Uploads large events to IRIS to share with
  other teachers
• Downloads data from IRIS for further
  exploration or comparison

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Seismographs in Schools- Vision

• Advanced Implementation
• Raises student awareness, uses teachers skills
  interpreting seismic data to allow students to
  practice interpreting seismic data
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• Runs station year round
• Assigns students on rotating basis to keeps
  station catalog of events recorded by looking up
  parameters on USGS website
• Has SnagIt/Fling running so helicorder is
  displayed on schools (or other) website
• Prints seismograms and posts them next to a
  world map for students to view
• Calculates magnitudes for events from records
• Determines distance to event from records
• Analyzes data for smaller events or other
  interesting recordings for process of science
• Has students calculate magnitude of events from
  records for very large events
• Has students determines distance to event from
  records for very large events
• Has students explore process of science with
  data or use data for science fair projects.
• Uploads large events to IRIS to share with
  other teachers
• Runs geophysics club

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Seismographs in Schools- Vision

• 4 Instruments donated in memory of John C Lahr,
  research seismologist, U.S. Geological Survey
• Napa High School
• Jerome High School
• Burroughs High School
• Many Farms High School

Influential and giving people like John Lahr live
on through the actions of those they have
touched. Surely we are better for having known
and learned from John Lahr. And we will share his
ideas and inspiration with many others, so his
goodness and wisdom can multiply into the future
-Robert Butler, University of Portland