Living on the Fault Line: Earthquakes, the Web, and the Science Probe

Workshop Leaders

Lind Gee, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
Jen Fong, Mission High School

Goals

The workshop is intended to provide 9th grade science teachers with up-to-date information on topics related to earthquakes and to provide appropriate materials and resources to support the new 9th grade textbook.

Agenda

08:15 - 08:30 Welcome & sign-in
08:30 - 08:40 Icebreaker activity: P & S waves
08:40 - 09:10 Paper & Pen Activity: Earthquake location; 21 Questions
09:10 - 09:20 ISTAT Project Overview
09:20 - 09:30 Introduction to the Website
09:30 - 10:00 Web Scavenger Hunt
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 10:45 Sharing Scavenger Hunt
10:45 - 11:05 Student lab: Convection Currents
11:05 - 11:45 Online Activity: Virtual Earthquake
11:45 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 13:30 Science Probe Activity: Plate Tectonics (Probe I, 12F)
13:30 - 14:30 1999 - The Year in Earthquakes
14:30 - 14:40 Volcano demo and activity
14:40 - 15:00 Q/A

Workshop sponsors

Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
Integrating Science, Teaching, and Technology Project
San Francisco Unified School District
Incorporated Research Institutions in Seismology
United States Geological Survey
National Science Foundation
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Seismology materials

The November 17 workshop was designed to provide you with a number of resources for your classroom. Here is a summary what you received:

• Notebook of activities and resources
• Seismic Sleuths - 7-12 Teacher's packet by FEMA & AGU
• Earthquakes and Geological Discovery by B. Bolt
• This Dynamic Earth: the Story of Plate Tectonics - USGS publication
• The Next Big Earthquake - USGS publication
• Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country - SCEC publication
• BSL Information Sheet on Earthquakes
• IRIS Newsletter
• IRIS Annual Report
• IRIS Slinky
• USGS Postcards
• USGS Fact Sheets
• Posters
  • This Dynamic Planet - USGS
  • Exploring the Earth Through Seismology - IRIS
  • Western United States Earthquakes - IRIS
  • Bay Area Earthquakes - USGS
  • San Francisco Strong Ground Shaking Map - USGS

For other resources, we recommend the ISTAT 9th Grade Earth Science outline at http://seismo.geo.berkeley.edu/seismo/istat/9th/. This series of Web pages is being developed to support the 9th grade Earth Sciences curriculum at SFUSD.

Contact information

Lind Gee	Jen Fong
Berkeley Seismological Laboratory	Mission High School
202 McCone Hall, UC Berkeley	3750 18th Street
Berkeley CA 94720-4760	San Francisco CA 94115
Telephone: 510-643-9449	Telephone: 415-241-6240
Email: lind@seismo.berkeley.edu	Email: jfong3@muse.sfusd.edu