L.
Braile, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
Earth
Science Education Websites:
IRIS
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IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology), including the IRIS Education and outreach program, website including Seismic Monitor (near-real time location map of global earthquake activity), Event Search (an earthquake epicenter search tool for obtaining historic seismicity information), and WILBER (a tool for displaying and downloading seismograms). |
List of reference materials for teachers (primarily grades K-12) with resource information for use in teaching topics related to seismology. Resources include reference information (primarily books, scientific papers and pamphlets), maps, videotapes, slide sets, computer hardware/software, seismographs and databases. |
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Seismosurfing
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Steve Malone’s (
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Alan Jones’ computer programs (Seismic/Eruption, also called SeisVolE – an interactive earthquake and volcano plotting program; Seismic Waves – a program to illustrate seismic wave propagation through the Earth). Also, AmaSeis and EqLocate software. |
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The USGS has many sites with earthquake, seismology and Earth science education information. In addition to the main USGS page, see the Western Region earthquake site, the National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) site, the Earthquake site and the Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory (ASL) site. The NEIC and ASL sites provide links to near-real-time seismic data that can be viewed online. |
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The Seismological Society of America publishes two research journals and sponsors two scientific meetings each year and its web site includes links to seismology education materials and information. |
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An interactive earthquake location simulation that uses actual seismograms and the S-P travel time triangulation method. |
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AS-1 and AS-2 seismographs that are suitable for education and home seismology monitoring of earthquakes. |
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Research and Education and Outreach information from the Southern California Earthquake Center. |
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The Princeton Earth Physics Project (sponsors educational
seismograph programs) home page. Also
see the Indiana University PEPP
home page for information and data from the |
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National Institutes of Standards, Time and Frequency Division home page containing tools for accurate time synchronization. The ACTS system allows one to periodically synchronize a computer clock to accurate UTC time. To check the time, link to http://www.time.gov/. An additional time synchronization tool is AboutTime. |
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Information on a color poster that illustrates the structure of the Earth’s interior that is available from The Wright Center for Science Education of Tufts University. |
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Home page for the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences of Purdue University, including links to K-12 Earth science education information. |
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A CD-ROM containing information, illustrations and interactive lessons on plate tectonics. |
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Recent information and announcements concerning workshops, new materials and other news from Earth science education and the IRIS Education and Outreach Program. |