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AN: ED32D-03    [PDF]
TI: K12 Education Program Lessons Learned at the Center for Earthquake Research and Information
AU: Patterson, G L
EM: patterson@ceri.memphis.edu
AF: Center for Earthquake Research and Information, The University of Memphis, 3892 Central, Memphis, TN 38152 United States
AU: * Dry, M
EM: mdry@memphis.edu
AF: Center for Earthquake Research and Information, The University of Memphis, 3892 Central, Memphis, TN 38152 United States
AB: The Center for Earthquake Research and Information at the University of Memphis has been committed to increasing awareness for Seismic Hazard, Earthquake Engineering, and Earth Science among Mid-America's policy-makers, engineers, emergency managers, the general public, and K-12 teachers and students for nearly three decades. During that time we have learned many lessons related to providing effective education and outreach programs, especially for K-12 students. The lessons learned from these activities may be particularly appropriate for other regions where large earthquakes occur infrequently but have disproportionately high consequence areas due to low attenuation of seismic waves. Effective education programs in these settings must provide a consistent message across many states to a wide variety of socio-economic groups and professional communities through the leveraged resources of various groups and agencies. It is also beneficial to hire and train staff with K-12 teaching experience to work directly K-12 education organizations, and science curriculum coordinators.
UR: http://www.ceri.memphis.edu
DE: 6605 Education
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting