HR: 17:30h
AN: ED14A-07    [Abstracts]
TI: Great Earthquakes and Tsunami Day for Teachers on the Leading Edge: Geologic Hazards and Links to EarthScope in a Field-Based Program
AU: * Butler, R
EM: butler@up.edu
AF: University of Portland, Dept. Physics, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., Portland, OR 97203 United States
AU: Bishop, E M
EM: ebishop@eoni.com
AF: Wallowa Resources, P.O.Box 274, Enterprise, OR 97828 United States
AU: Ault, C
EM: ault@lclark.edu
AF: Lewis and Clark College, Department of Teacher Education, 615 S.W. Palatine Hill Rd., Portland, OR 97219 United States
AU: Magura, B
EM: magura@comcast.net
AF: Jackson Middle School, 10625 SW 35th St., Portland, OR 97219 United States
AU: Hedeen, C
EM: Chris.Hedeen@orecity.k12.or.us
AF: Oregon City High School, 19761 S. Beavercreek Rd., Oregon City, OR 97045 United States
AU: Connor, D
EM: darci_connor@yahoo.com
AF: City of Seaside, Community Development Department, 989 Broadway, Seaside, OR 97138 United States
AU: Southworth-Neumeyer, T
EM: TNeumeyer@omsi.edu
AF: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Science Camps, 1945 SE Water Ave., Portland, OR 97214 United States
AU: Conrey, R
EM: conrey@mail.wsu.edu
AF: Washington State University, Department of Geology, Pullman, OR 99164 United States
AB: Inviting K-12 science teachers into the field to observe the work of professional geologists and engage in learning that is scientifically important and socially relevant deepens their geologic understanding while instilling enthusiasm for inquiry-based instruction. "Teachers on the Leading Edge" (TOTLE) is a field-based and place-based teacher development program that features active continental margin geology of the Pacific Northwest. Program themes include: (1) Geophysics as fundamental to understanding plate tectonics and essential to deciphering Pacific Northwest geology that underlies a tree-covered landscape; and (2) Geologic Hazards as understandable and inevitable consequences of living on the leading edge of our continent. The two-week TOTLE 2005 field workshop traversed the active continental margin of Oregon from the Pacific Coast through the Cascade Range to accreted terranes along the Snake River. "Great Earthquakes and Tsunami Day" featured introductions to earthquake seismology and paleoseismology. Presentations on earthquake seismology with examples from the December 2004 Sumatra - Andaman earthquake and Indian Ocean tsunami provided context and background. During a morning low tide near Fort Clatsop south of Astoria, paleoseismologist Brian Atwater (USGS, Seattle) helped teachers observe and interpret drowned forests and tsunami deposits that mark four great Cascadia earthquakes of the past 2000 years. That afternoon, Darci Connor, former Tsunami Outreach Coordinator for the City of Seaside, helped teachers understand their critical role in educating K-12 students about natural hazard preparedness. In the evening, TOTLE teachers crafted their new understanding of great earthquakes and tsunami into interactive learning activities for Science Campers at Camp Kiwanilong operated by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. These experiences make frontier geophysical research, like GPS observations of slow earthquakes and seismic tomography of the subducting Juan de Fuca Plate, accessible to K-12 teachers and useful in their teaching of plate tectonics and earthquake seismology. Teachers on the Leading Edge is preparing K-12 teachers to convey the importance and discoveries of EarthScope's USArray and Plate Boundary Observatory experiments to their students.
UR: http://lewis.up.edu/TOLE/
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0815 Informal education
DE: 0825 Teaching methods
DE: 0830 Teacher training
DE: 0845 Instructional tools
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005