2015 Short Courses Archive

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In response to community requests and interest, UNAVCO provides an annual series of short courses focussed on UNAVCO tools and data streams. These courses are for current researchers who want to refresh their skills or explore the use of new tools, and for early career scientists such as post doctoral fellows, graduate students, and upper level undergraduates who want to learn the latest geodetic techniques.

Short Course Materials

Course Materials from previous short courses.

2015

(Courses are listed in alphabetical order)

Communications Short Course:
GSA course registration and information

535. How to Talk to Strangers: Selling Yourself and Your Science, for Students
Sat., 31 Oct., 2-4 p.m., Baltimore Convention Center, Room TBA
Cost: $10. Limit: 50. CEU: 0.2.
Instructor: Beth Bartel, UNAVCO; Gifford Wong, Dartmouth College Cosponsor: UNAVCO

Abstract: This short workshop for students will cover communicating at this meeting and beyond. You will walk away better equipped to connect with your audience, whether it’s your grandmother or a potential employer. You will develop an elevator speech you can use throughout the meeting and learn some tips on how to leave a (positive) lasting impression. We will also discuss how to best follow up with new contacts. This workshop will be almost completely hands on, so come ready to let down your guard, meet your peers, have fun, and walk out ready to engage in GSA 2015.

GPS/GNSS Courses:

GPS Data Processing and Analysis with GAMIT/GLOBK/TRACK

August 10-14, 2015.
Location: UNAVCO Headquarters, Boulder, CO
Course will begin at 9 AM on August 10 and end at 12 PM on August 14.

InSAR Courses:

Advanced InSAR Processing

June 29 - July 2, 2015.
Location: UNAVCO Headquarters, Boulder, CO
Course will begin at 9 AM on June 29 and end at 12 PM on July 2.

InSAR Processing and Theory with GMTSAR

August 10-12, 2015.
Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA
Course will begin at 9 AM on August 10 and end at 12 PM on August 12.

Strainmeter Courses:

Working with Strainmeter Data

Sunday June 14, 2015 from 8:00am - 5:00pm
Stowe Mountain Lodge, Stowe, Vermont
This meeting will be held in conjunction with the 2015 EarthScope National Meeting

Teacher (Grades 6 - 12) and Park Ranger & Interpreter Development Courses:

Southwest Native Science Educators Workshop (NSEW)

March 14 - 16, 2015
Hosted by EarthScope
Tempe, AZ
Presenter: Shelley Olds

Teachers working in predominantly Native American schools in Arizona and the Southwest, the EarthScope Program (http://www.earthscope.org) will offer a 2 ½-day professional-development workshop in Southwest-based Earth science at Arizona State University. This workshop had a place-based emphasis striving to enrich teachers’ senses of place and present methods and content that are especially relevant to Native American students and communities in the Southwest.

Workshop resources

• Workshop Agenda [pdf]
  Workshop details and more presentations
  UNAVCO Presentation: Getting to Know EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory & UNAVCO [pptx] [pdf]
  Map of the southwestern United States showing earthquakes, volcanoes, and plate motion using data from GPS sites of the EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory and other networks using NAM08 Reference frame
  UNAVCO Educational Activity: Visualizing relationships with data: Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Plate Tectonics




USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory Open House

Vancouver, WA
Saturday, May 2, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The 35th anniversary of the catastrophic May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens provided the opportunity to share with the public how far volcano monitoring has come in the last three and a half decades, and the role played by the EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory in maintaining instrumentation on the volcano's flanks. UNAVCO participated in three outreach events in collaboration with various other institutions in the month of May to explore these questions with the public, and produced a video highlighting lessons learned from working on the mountain.

Relevant resources
Highlight: Mount St. Helens 35 Years Ago and Now
Open house at USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory
Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO)




ESIP Educator Workshop 2015

Asilomar Conference Center
Pacific Grove California
Thursday July 16th, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm

The Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) is a unique consortium of scientific organizations that collect, interpret, and develop applications for remotely sensed data. This summer the ESIP education committee is inviting regional educators to join us at the ESIP summer meeting at the Asilomar Conference Center in beautiful Pacific Grove California. Workshop sessions will be focused on using Earth Science data to inform instruction, linking real-word scientific data to science curriculum in grades 9-14.

Resources:

• Agenda with session abstract [pdf]
• Speaker presentations and materials

UNAVCO contributions:

• Tectonic motions of the western United States
• Student worksheet [pdf]
• Mini-poster (8.5 x 11-inch pdf)
• Seismic Hazard Map of the United States
• Velocity map posters



Midwest Native Science Educators Workshop

Sponsor: EarthScope
Palace Casino Hotel
Cass Lake, MN
August 1 - 3, 2015

For the benefit of teachers working in predominantly Native American schools in Minnesota and the Midwest, the EarthScope Program offered a 2 ½-day professional-development workshop in Midwest-based, cross-cultural Earth science at the Palace Casino Hotel located on the lands of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in Cass Lake, Minnesota.

Workshop resources

• Workshop Agenda [pdf]
• More Workshop information on Earthscope's website
• Links to geodesy relevant resources from the workshop:
  
  • Getting to know EarthScope plate Boundary Observatory & UNAVCO [pptx] [pdf]
  • Are the tectonic plates really moving? What else is moving? How to identify type of plate motion by seismic and GPS data
    • Demonstration: How GPS works: Part I of Measuring plate motion with GPS: Iceland
    • Evidence of plate tectonics from GPS data
    • How to identify type of plate motion by GPS data: Part 4 of Visualizing Relations with Data: Western US.
    • PBO-52 Playing Cards - each card features GPS stations from the EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory and shows ground motion at each site. Together the motions of various regions of the US can be observed.
    • Map of the midwest United States showing plate motion using data from GPS sites of the EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory and other networks using IGS008 Reference frame
      



Cascadia Earthscope Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program (CEETEP) Workshop series

Coos Bay, Oregon Workshop
South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Visitor Center
August 10-13, 2015
Detailed agenda

Arcata, California Workshop
Humboldt State University
October 9-12, 2015
Detailed agenda [pdf]

(More information about CEETEP)

Through a grant from the EarthScope Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF), CEETEP offers four-day workshops to foster community engagement of earthquake science and preparedness, and to encourage collaboration and exchange between formal and informal coastal educators and includes Pacific Northwest tectonics, earthquake and tsunami hazards, and community preparedness.

Each workshop will include K-12 teachers, park and museum interpreters, and emergency management educators from coastal areas. Through a problem-solving approach to subduction zone geology, participants will learn how: 1) geoscientists developed our current understanding of Pacific Northwest plate tectonics, earthquakes, and tsunamis; 2) EarthScope is advancing knowledge about the active Earth in Washington, Oregon, and California; and 3) collaboration on education, interpretation, and preparedness makes coastal communities more resilient to earthquake and tsunami hazards. Three days of classroom and interpretive activities on Pacific Northwest geology and EarthScope science will be complemented by a field day investigating Cascadia earthquakes and tsunamis, and visits to seismic and GPS installations.

Workshops included a visit to the GPS and seismic stations at the Bandon Airport (Coos Bay workshop) and the GPS station on the Humboldt State University Campus (Arcata Workshop).

Relevant workshop resources with geodetic content:

• the movie
• Beauty and the Beast: Plate Tectonics and Geological Hazards of the Pacific Northwest
• Basics of Earthquake and Tsunami Science and Hazards and Related Teaching Activities[pdf]
• Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunami and Related Teaching Activities [pdf]
• World Map of Plate Boundaries and Activity[pdf]
• Pacific Northwest Tectonic Block Model[pdf]
• Activity—Cascadia GPS (gumdrop GPS)[pdf]
• Advanced GPS Activity—Locked & Loading [pdf]: Using Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) data to determine elastic compression of the Pacific Northwest Active Continental Margin.[pdf]
• Activity—ETS (Episodic Tremor & Slip) [pdf]
• Local GPS cards illustrating the change of position over time for Quillayut , WA and Aberdeen, Washington, Goldendale, Washington, Astoria, Oregon , Newport, Oregon, Cape Meares, Oregon , Corvallis, Oregon [pdf]
• Relevant Next Generation Science Standards[pdf]



Tectonic Motions of the Western United States Workshop

Colorado Science Conference for Professional Development
Denver, Colorado
November 20, 2015

Workshop resources:

• About UNAVCO (Explained in 3 Minutes) [youtube]
• Looking Down a Well: A Brief History of Geodesy [youtube] - NASA
• Exploring Tectonic Motions using GPS Velocity Maps
• GPS Velocity Map Posters: Including "Tectonic Motions of the Western United States" and "Tectonic Motions of Alaska"



GIFT Shareathon

Geophysical Information for Teachers (GIFT) Workshops
San Francisco, CA
December 14 - 15, 2015
2015 Agenda

UNAVCO Contributions:

• About UNAVCO (Explained in 3 Minutes) [youtube]
• Exploring Tectonic Motions using GPS Velocity Maps
• GPS Velocity Map Posters: Including "Tectonic Motions of the Western United States" and "Tectonic Motions of Alaska"

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