Martin,
I praise your teams’ efforts. The PSN has a history =
of
working with schools and we should create a recognition page one of the
websites.
In 1990 following The Loma Prieta Earthquake many of the =
schools
here in California asked for support and a number of members got =
involved and
provided equipment and classroom hours to a number of classrooms. It was =
a very
rewarding experience and reached hundreds of students. =
Regards, Steve Hammond PSN San Jose—Aptos, =
California
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Subject: SET
This is just to clarify the back ground to the =
SET
seismometer which Chris Chapman and others including myself have been =
involved
in. This schools seismometer is part of a drive in this country to
rekindle the interest in science amongst the younger generation . The
understanding and status of science in this country has fallen to an =
appalling
state and is particularly alarming now given the present economic =
situation.
A drive by the government some years ago called STEM standing for =
Science
Technology Engineering and Maths is an attempt to rectify this =
situation. Those
of us who have the time and inclination act as Schools Science =
Ambassadors
giving talks and demonstrations on various aspects of the sciences in =
the
class. It is done on a purely voluntary basis and receive no monies for
this. A good number of schools now have a seismometer which =
enhances the
teaching of geography and geology. A few of these of seismometers have =
been
donated by business.
Chris Chapman has given enormous support for this project =
which I
understand has faced many administrative =
obstacles.