November 15, 2007: 8:00-11:00 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.

Agenda and workshop materials will be available soon.

March 27, 2007 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m
Half day workshop at the 2007 EarthScope National Meeting,

Workshop Hosts:

• John Taber  (taber AT iris.edu)
• Susan Eriksson (eriksson AT unavco.org)
• Shelley Olds (Point of Contact) (olds AT unavco.org)

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. Accepted teachers will be expected to take part in the Tuesday morning field trip and then attend the plenary sessions on Wednesday. Opportunities will be provided to interact with scientists both during the field trip and on Wednesday.

• Agenda
• Using EarthScope Data in the Classroom: How it might look like in the classroom (intro to Episodic Tremor and Slip in the Pacific Northwest) Power Point presentation by Roger Groom
• Education activities
• Exploring Earth Structure with Occam's Razor: Earth’s Interior Structure by Larry Braile
• Supplemental materials to explore: Seismic Waves: A program for the visualization of wave propagation
• Exploring the Earth Using Seismology Poster: Seismic Waves: A program for the visualization of wave propagation
• SeisMac is a Mac OS X application that turns your MacBook or MacBook Pro into a seismograph
• Episodic Tremor and Slip in the Pacific Northwest:
  • Using GPS to Visualize the Influence of a Subducting Plate
  • Introducing GPS and GPS time series plots
  • Episodic Tremor and Slip: The Case of the Mystery Earthquakes
  • Using GPS Time Series Plots to Determine Plate Motion in California