2011 Workshops/Presentations Sponsored by UNAVCO
EarthScope for Teachers: Exploring Geology and Geophysics through EarthScope
May 20 - 21, 2011, University of Texas Institute of Geophysics, Austin, TX
Instructors: Kathy Ellins, The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics; Shelley Olds, UNAVCO; John Taber, IRIS
Workshop materials
The Dynamics of Intraplate and Other Earthquakes Summer Workshop for Teachers
July 12th, 2011 to July 19th, 2011, Columbia, Missouri
A professional development opportunity for high school and community-college science teachers from states around the New Madrid Seismic Zone (Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee). Selected teachers will participate in an intensive one-week workshop at MU that focuses on earthquakes and intraplate crustal deformation, especially the New Madrid and North China seismic zones. Participants will explore the history, topography, and fault movement associated with these fault zones through lectures, laboratory activities, field trips, and computer simulations. During the training participants will co-develop and adapt curriculum for earthquake science. The workshops and field trips will be run jointly with staff from IRIS, UNAVCO, and USGS.
This project will provide travel support and stipends for selected participants, who will also receive three semester hours of tuition-free graduate credit from the University of Missouri. Two of the lucky participating teachers will receive a scholarship that pays the full expense for traveling to China to work with project staff and Chinese Scientists in the field.
For more information about the workshop: http://education.missouri.edu/orgs/musec/earthquakesworkshop.
News coverage of the event
University of Missouri Media Advisory
Workshop materials and resources
Previous Workshops
Teachers on the Leading Edge - TOTLE 2010 Summer Workshop for Washington State Middle Level Earth Science Teachers (5-9th grade)
August 1-6, 2010, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
Instructors: Robert Butler (University of Portland), Beth Pratt-Sitaula (Central Washington University), Jill Whitman (Pacific Lutheran University), Frank Granshaw (Portland Community College), Bonnie Magura (Jackson Middle School), Chris Hedeen (Oregon City High School), Roger Groom (Mt Tabor Middle School), Denise Thompson (Orting High School)
Teachers on the Leading Edge (TOTLE) is a professional development program for Earth Science teachers in the Pacific Northwest. Through a grant from EarthScope, TOTLE will offer a five-day workshop for middle-level Earth Science teachers during summer 2010 at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma. EarthScope is an Earth Science program funded by the National Science Foundation to explore the structure and evolution of the North American continent. EarthScope seismic stations and global positioning system (GPS) receivers are monitoring seismicity and deformation of the active continental margin to advance our understanding of the earthquake, tsunami, and volcanic hazards in the Pacific Northwest. Through a problem-solving approach to active continental margin geology, teachers will learn how geoscientists developed our current understanding of Pacific Northwest plate tectonics, earthquakes, and volcanoes and how EarthScope research is advancing frontiers of knowledge. Three days of classroom and computer-based studies of active continental margin geology and EarthScope science will be reinforced by two field days investigating Cascadia great earthquakes and tsunamis and Cascade volcanic hazards.
For more information about the TOTLE program visit http://orgs.up.edu/totle/. For UNAVCO related educational resources, visit: http://www.unavco.org/cws/learn/2010/totle2010
AfricaArray Workshop 2010: US-Africa Workshop on Expanding the AfricaArray Network to Support Multidisciplinary Science in Africa
June 2-4, 2010, Howard University, Washington D.C.
Lead Convener: Andrew Nyblade, Penn State
Organizing Committee: Eric Calais, Purdue; Pat Doherty, Boston College; Jay Famiglietti, UC Irvine; Jose Fuentes, Penn State; Norm Miller, UC Berkeley; Greg Jenkins, Howard University; Everette Joseph, Howard University; Peter LaFemina, Penn State; Meghan Miller, UNAVCO; Hans-Peter Plag, University of Nevada Reno; Tim Fuller-Rowell, UC Boulder; Fred Semazzi, N.C. St. University; Anne Thompson, Penn State; Petra Tschakert, Penn State
The purpose of this 3-day workshop is to bring together U.S. scientists and program managers engaged in geoscience research in Africa and their African collaborators to examine and codify the scientific rationale for expanding the AfricaArray seismic network into a multidisciplinary science network. The workshop will assemble participants from a range of science fields that are interested in exploring the benefits of a single instrumentation initiative addressing the science needs of several geoscience disciplines, including, but not limited to, atmospheric science (including climate), geodesy, geography, hydrology, seismology, and space weather. To learn more and to register visit AfricaArray Workshop 2010.
Teaching Geodesy in the 21st Century – an ‘On the Cutting Edge’ Follow-on Workshop
Part of the 2010 UNAVCO Science Workshop
Monday, March 8, Full day
Leaders: Susan Eriksson, UNAVCO and Shimon Wdowinski, University of Miami
Cutting Edge PI mentor: Barb Tewksbury
SERC webteam mentor: John McDaris
The Follow-On Workshop Program is designed to bring Cutting Edge workshop results and resources to new audiences, while providing opportunities to develop new Cutting Edge workshop leaders. To integrate these regional workshops into the Cutting Edge program and to maximize the use of existing resources, workshop leaders with successful proposals attend a leadership workshop where they learn about Cutting Edge program goals, design principles, and website tools. The leadership workshop provides an opportunity to work with Cutting Edge PIs to design the workshop, and to work with the Cutting Edge evaluation team to design its evaluation. UNAVCO was selected as one of 4 workshops in the 2009 competition. Prior to the Science Workshop in March, faculty and E&O staff will develop an interactive website for pre-workshop and post-workshop activities. If you attended the 2008 UNAVCO Science Workshop pre-meeting workshop for faculty – this is for you. To register and learn more visit the workshop webpage.
Planning the Future of GeoCyberEducation
Report from a Workshop
Hilton Arlington and Towers, Arlington, VA
January 6‐8, 2010
Conveners: Jeffrey G. Ryan, University of South Florida
Susan Eriksson, UNAVCO Education and Outreach
The geoscience community has come together repeatedly in the last fifteen years to examine how the growing world of cyberinfrastructure tools, data archives, and information resources is impacting education and research in the field. The earth, ocean, and atmospheric sciences have been early adopters of cyber‐tools to facilitate both educational activities and research (e.g., Manduca and Mogk, 2000; Carbotte, et al 2001; Allison et al 2002; 2003).
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Which Way Are We Going? A Short Presentation on Online Mapping Tools to Help Students Visualize Plate Motions with GPS Data
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Porland, OR
Monday, 19 October 2009, 3:00-3:15pm
This presentation is part of Session No. 144 - From Virtual Globes to Geoblogs: Digital Innovations in Geoscience Research, Education, and Outreach
Oregon Convention Center, Room B117/118/119
Shelley E.Olds, Education & Outreach, UNAVCO
Earth's tectonic plates are constantly moving, grinding, and crumpling in an inexorably slow but measurable, dance. The temporal and spatial scales of plate tectonics and other Earth processes can be difficult to understand for many learners. High-precision GPS, LiDAR, InSAR and other modern geodetic techniques capture data over more familiar time scales and on easily visualized orders of magnitude (millimeters to centimeters per year), providing an effective means of illustrating the geomorphic effects of plate tectonics and allowing learners to visualize these processes.
It is the visual display of GPS, LiDAR, InSAR data, however, that helps make plate tectonics come alive for learners as a process that is happening in the present. The Jules Verne Voyager (JVV) suite of interactive map tools, originally developed by UNAVCO in the late 1990’s, was created to better visualize the inter-relationships of geophysical and geologic processes, structures, and measurements including high-precision GPS velocity data. The JVV tools have been very well received by educators in introductory Earth science courses.
More recently, UNAVCO built the Data for Educators webpage, incorporating an embedded Google Map with GPS locations and providing current GPS time series plots and downloadable data from the Plate Boundary Observatory. To extend and update the datasets available to our community, UNAVCO has been exploring new online and desktop-based technologies such as Google Maps and Google Earth which allow the inclusion of visualizations of more types of datasets, on the fly, while maintaining the self-contained, familiar, and easy to use interface of the JVV map tools.
Concurrent to these efforts, UNAVCO is developing free, place-based, data-rich learning modules for educators and students in introductory Earth science courses at secondary and undergraduate levels. These modules integrate new scientific discoveries related to crustal deformation and explore applications of GPS, LiDAR, and InSAR techniques to research. They also provide students with case studies highlighting the process of scientific discovery. This presentation will provide an overview of our current and in-development visualization tools and how they are used in our learning modules.
For more information and to register for the GSA Annual Meeting, visit this presentation's Web page on the GSA website.
Exploring Southwest Geology and Geophysics through the EarthScope Program
Flagstaff, AZ
26–27 September, 2009
Instructors: Shelley E.Olds, Education & Outreach, UNAVCO; Patrick McQuillan, IRIS; Steve Semken, Arizona State University
Through an exploration of EarthScope learning activities as they relate to the geology and geophysics of the American Southwest, participants will:
(1) be able to describe why EarthScope is investigating the geophysics of the Southwest, how understanding the past can help us understand the present and future & how present day geologic phenomena can help us understand the past,
(2) improve their foundation in geophysics, and
(3) be able to implement selected EarthScope activities in their classrooms.
This workshop is a collaboration between UNAVCO, Arizona State University, and Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, and is funded by the National Science Foundation through EarthScope.
Workshop materials including the agenda and more information are found on UNAVCO's Community Workspace.
Also check out UNAVCO's Education and Outreach Blog for postings from the workshop.
Teachers on the Leading Edge - July 2009 Workshop for Washington Teachers
July 26 - July 31, 2009
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
Teachers on the Leading Edge (TOTLE) is a professional development program for Pacific Northwest teachers of Earth Science. This program features plate tectonics and geologic hazards of the Pacific Northwest. Through funding from the National Science Foundation, TOTLE is offering teacher workshops each summer from 2008 through 2010. These five-day workshops include one field day investigating Cascadia great earthquakes and tsunami geology and one field day exploring Cascade volcanic hazards. Middle school teachers of Earth Science are the primary audience for TOTLE workshops. UNAVCO staff and Master Teachers are participating as facilitators and evaluator observers at the workshop.
For more information about the TOTLE program visit http://orgs.up.edu/totle/. For UNAVCO related educational resources, visit: http://www.unavco.org/cws/learn/2010/totle2010
NSELA: Shifting, Melting, Flowing: the Natural and Human Designed World
National Science Teachers Association Conference
March 21, 2009, 1-5pm
New Orleans, LA
River Room I/II, The Westin New Orleans Canal Place
Limit: 35 people
Shelley Olds, UNAVCO
Come explore modern technologies used to study glacier dynamics, the role of glaciers within the global climate system and how glaciers are influenced by climate change. We’ll discuss how scientists use high-precision measurement technologies such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) to integrate new discoveries related to glacier and ice sheet movement and other earth science phenomena. We’ll engage in a series of activities that use data from GPS to examine how glaciers move and their potential impact on sea level. No previous knowledge about GPS is necessary. You’ll leave this workshop with links to real-world data, relevant scientific resources, and prepackaged lesson plans & presentations designed for use with students in classrooms. UNAVCO is a nonprofit consortium funded by the National Science Foundation and NASA. As a member of the EarthScope project, UNAVCO is developing free instructional materials to provide secondary-level educators with concrete, problem-based methods to teach their students how Earth scientists measure glacier movement and crustal deformation using GPS and how these measurements are important to hazard prediction and infrastructure.
The Use of GPS, LiDAR, and InSAR Data to Learn about Plate Tectonics, Crustal Deformation, Isostasy, and Ice Flow: A Short Course for Faculty at Two- and Four-Year Institutions
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
October 4, 2008, 9am - 5pm
Houston, TX
Susan C. Eriksson, UNAVCO; Shelley Olds, UNAVCO
This course is geared toward faculty at two- and four-year colleges who teach earth science or a science course in which plate tectonics is a topic. Participants will be introduced to place-based, data-rich educational materials about GPS and plate tectonics to use in their classrooms, receive an introduction to high-precision GPS, and have the opportunity to discuss pedagogical strategies for classroom implementation. Anticipated topics include slow earthquakes in Cascadia, volcano deformation, isostatic rebound, and ice flow. Applications of new technologies, such as LiDAR and InSAR, will be introduced. Knowledge of GPS is not required.
Short Course Materials: /cws/learn/shortcourseGSAfall2008/
Introducing GPS and its Applications in Earth Science to Students and Educators of Puerto Rico
September 27, 2008
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Susan C. Eriksson, UNAVCO
Through an exploration of UNAVCO learning activities as they relate to the Caribbean geology and geophysics, participants will be able to:
-Describe why scientists are investigating the geophysics of Puerto Rico and surrounding area, how the geology relates to hazards of the area, and how technology of space geodesy helps us understand the Earth.
-Discuss high-precision GPS and its application to plate tectonics, volcanoes, and earthquakes.
-Interpret GPS time series plots to determine regional plate velocity.
-Access resources to support classroom implementation and be able implement selected UNAVCO activities in your classroom.
Course Materials: /cws/learn/puertoricoworkshop/
Explore New Mexico Geology and Geophysics through the EarthScope Program
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
August 5, 9am -4pm
Albequerque, NM
EarthScope is a national, decade-long geoscience program to understand the North American continent. Geophysical instruments will move across the continent, acquiring new information about continental evolution and structure; and laboratories have been set up in regions of special interest, including our own Rio Grande rift. In 2008, instruments will be fully operational throughout New Mexico, allowing us to better understand our state’s volcanoes, mountains, seismic activity, and the development of the rift. This is a great opportunity to learn about new and ongoing geological research that directly relates to New Mexico. This workshop is offered by EarthScope, IRIS, and UNAVCO and hosted by the NMMNHS. Come learn information, activities, and materials that you can use in the classroom!
Level: Limited to teachers of middle through high school Earth science and physical science.
Funding provided by the National Science Foundation. $125 teacher stipend and lunch provided; mileage and one night’s hotel available for non-local participants.
Course Materials: /cws/learn/earthscopeNewMexico/
Teachers on the Leading Edge Workshop
July 27 - August 1, 2008
Portland, OR
Explore Central Great Plains Geology and Geophysics through the EarthScope Program
June 12–13, 2008
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
Through an exploration of EarthScope learning activities as they relate to the Central Great Plains geology and geophysics, participants will:
-Be able to describe why EarthScope is investigating the geophysics of the Great Plains, how understanding the past can help us understand the present and future & how present day geologic phenomena can help us understand the past.
-Improve their foundation in geophysics.
-Be able to implement selected EarthScope activities in their classrooms.
Course Materials: /cws/learn/earthscopeNebraska/
Using EarthScope GPS and Seismic Data in National Parks
EarthScope Cascadia Interpretive Workshop, Mount Rainier National Park Education Center
April 7–10, 2008
Tahoma Woods, WA
Earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis reveal the power of Earth’s forces that form the spectacular landscape of the Pacific Northwest. EarthScope is a nationwide effort that applies the latest science and technology to explore the structure and evolution of the North American continent and understand processes that cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions (www.earthscope.org). Interpretive professionals in the Pacific Northwest have the unique opportunity to engage the public on the relevance of EarthScope discoveries as they are being made. This 3-day workshop will combine presentations by EarthScope scientists with interpretive methods to convey the story of the ongoing deformation of the edge of the North American continent. Participants will learn how to use EarthScope data and science results, and will develop and present actual programs and exhibits during the workshop. The goal is to help interpreters create opportunities for the public to form their own intellectual and emotional connections to the dynamic landscape of the Pacific Northwest.
Course Materials: http://www.earthscope.org/workshops/mt_rainier
Explore Plate Tectonics Using GPS Data
TXESS Revolution
April 4, 2008
Austin, TX
Course Materials: /cws/UsingData/index_html#TXESS
Explore Plate Tectonics Using GPS Data
National Science Teachers Association National Conference
March 27, 2008
Boston, MA
Course Materials: /cws/UsingData/
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Using EarthScope Data in the Classroom
November 15, 2007: 8-11 am
Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching: Austin, TX
Susan Eriksson, UNAVCO; Shelley Olds, UNAVCO; John Taber, IRIS
Come learn how your students can access GPS and seismic data over the Internet from the largest ever Earth science experiment. The data can be used in the classroom to discover the processes underlying tectonic plate motions and to understand Earth structure.
Course Materials: http://www.statweb.org/CASTAustin/shortcoursefinal.html
Explore Plate Tectonics Using GPS Data
November 9, 2007: 5–6 pm
National Science Teachers Association 2007 Western Area Conference: Denver, CO
Susan Eriksson, UNAVCO; Shelley E. Olds, UNAVCO
Explore current techniques to study plate tectonics and plate movement and discuss strategies for integrating modern research into your teaching. Classroom materials provided.
GRADE LEVEL: Middle Level-High School
Course Materials: /cws/UsingData/index_html#nsta2007fall
Using GPS Data to Learn about Tectonic Plate Movement, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and other Applications: A Workshop for Educators in Secondary Education
October 28, 2007: 1-5 pm
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting & Exposition: Denver, CO
Susan C. Eriksson, UNAVCO; Shelley E. Olds, UNAVCO
This course is geared toward educators in middle and high schools who teach earth science or a science course in which plate tectonics is a topic. Educators will be introduced to place-based, data-rich educational materials about global positioning system (GPS) and plate tectonics to use in their classrooms, receive an introduction to high-precision GPS, and have the opportunity to discuss pedagogical strategies for classroom implementation. Anticipated topics include faulting along the San Andreas fault, monitoring volcano deformation, and recent advances in researching slow earthquakes in Cascadia. Although individuals with GPS experience are welcome, knowledge of GPS is not required. Participants are encouraged but not required to bring a laptop computer.
Course Materials: www.unavco.org/cws/2007GSA_course/.
Limit: 20. Fee: US$41; includes course materials and refreshments. CEU: 0.4
Short Course (Middle and high school teachers)
Geoscience Educators’ Social Reception – Everyone is Welcome!
GSA Annual Meeting 2007
October 27, 2007: 5-7 pm
Colorado Convention Center, Hall F Prefunction
Co-hosted by: The Geological Society of America Education Committee, National Association of Geoscience Teachers, and the GSA Division of Geoscience Education.
Sponsored by: IRIS Consortium, Digital Library for Earth System Education, Cutting Edge, EarthScope, UNAVCO, American Geological Institute, and National Earth Science Teachers Association.
Coordinated by: The GSA Education and Outreach Department.
Exploring Plate Tectonics Using GPS Data
June 19-22, 2007
21st Annual Technology in Education (TIE) Conference
Copper Mountain, Colorado
Workshop for secondary education teachers: Through computer-based, hands-on, and kinesthetic exercises, join us in exploring how to make plate tectonics come alive for students. Using real high-precision GPS data and data exploration tools such as EarthsScope Voyager and Jules Vern Voyager Jr., learn some of the techniques that scientists utilize to study the movement of tectonic plates, how the plates deform during and after earthquakes, and other motions such as volcanic deformation and glacial movement. We’ll provide activities you can use in your classrooms to supplement your plate tectonic curriculum so that students can describe spatial relationship between earthquakes, volcanoes, and plate boundaries.
Exploring Plate Tectonics Using the Global Positioning System (GPS)
March 31, 2007: 5-6 pm
National Science Teachers Association National Conference
St. Louis, Missouri
Short course for secondary education teachers: A variety of Earth processes—earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building—occur at tectonic plate boundaries, and each causes Earth’s crust to deform. Come learn how earth scientists use Global Positioning System (GPS) to measure this deformation.
Bringing EarthScope Research into the Undergraduate Classroom
March 29, 2007: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
EarthScope National Meeting
Monterey, California
Poster session (Undergraduate faculty): This session will allow participants to share their experiences—ranging from tried-and-true exercises to fresh, untested new ideas—on the use of EarthScope-related data and results into the undergraduate science classroom. We invite participants to contribute a poster focused on educational applications of EarthScope science, and to bring along a lab exercise, homework problem, or new idea for using EarthScope data in the classroom. Computer-based and internet exercises are particularly welcome.
Using EarthScope data in the classroom
March 27, 2007: 3-7 pm
EarthScope National Meeting
Monterey, California
Workshop (Middle and high school teachers): This 1/2 day professional development session will focus on the use of EarthScope data in the classroom for middle and high school teachers. The session will include the presentation of EarthScope science content and modeling of classroom activities by UNAVCO and IRIS staff and consortium members.
Explore Plate Tectonics Using GPS Data
March 2, 2007
Coalition for Earth System Education Meeting
"Earth System Science for All Ages"
Boulder, Colorado
Poster Session (middle and high school teachers)
Using GPS Data to Study Crustal Deformation, Earthquakes, and Volcanism: A Workshop for College Faculty
October 22-25, 2006
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (college faculty)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A half-day workshop for college faculty who teach introductory/general education Earth science courses
Workshop Materials
Convener: UNAVCO
Using Data-Rich Activities to Teach About Plate Tectonics, Earth Structure, and Earthquakes
October 26-29, 2006
Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science National Meeting (K-12 teachers)
Tampa, Florida
This workshop targets 6th-12th grade teachers and will be no longer than a half-day.
Conveners: UNAVCO and IRIS
Geophysical Information for Teachers (GIFT) Workshop: Earthquakes And Tsunamis
December 11-15, 2006
Fall AGU Meeting
San Francisco, California
2 Day Workshop (K-12 teachers): This workshop targets K-12 teachers in conjunction with the GIFT (Geophysical Information for Teachers) program.
Workshop Materials
Conveners: IRIS, UNAVCO, and others
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