Earthquake Information Providers (EqIP)

Dear EqIP members,

I enjoyed the EqIP Interim Meeting today in Boulder.  It was quite
interesting learning what everyone is up to, and I'm glad that there
is so much interest in K-12 education issues among many of the
participants.

The Open-File educational reports that I mentioned are:

TABLE-TOP EARTHQUAKES A Demonstration of Seismology for Teachers and Students
Open-File Report 98-767
http://lahr.org/john-jan/tabletop/

How to Build a Model Illustrating Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction
Open-File Report 99-132
http://lahr.org/john-jan/platemod/platemod.html

(These reports are also on the USGS web site, http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov
but the versions on lahr.org will receive more frequent minor updates.)

I consider these two reports "first drafts" and hope that, based on
honest feedback from teachers, educators, and other scientists, I will
have a sound basis for improving them.

I also mentioned the Public Seismic Network.  This is an informal
group of mostly non-seismologists interested in seismology to
the extent that many run their own seismic stations.  Some run totally
home-built seismometers and others have obtained either new equipment or
obsolete equipment from seismic observatories.  

There are a number of web sites devoted to the PSN, but the most 
central is the site run by Larry Cochrane.

At Larry's site one can sign up for the PSN mailing list, which currently
reaches 282 people from around the world.  This group is very helpful
to anyone starting out in seismology and can provide a lot of pointers
on setting up a seismograph station.  I'm certain they would welcome
questions from K-12 students and teachers as well.

Cheers,
John



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