HR: 1340h
AN: ED33A-0763    [Abstracts]
TI: The Global Earthquake Explorer: A Versatile Tool for Educational Seismology
AU: * Owens, T J
EM: owens@sc.edu
AF: Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 United States
AU: Crotwell, P
EM: crotwell@seis.sc.edu
AF: Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 United States
AB: User-friendly access, suitable for an educational environment, to the vast IRIS seismological data holdings has been a stated goal of the Education & Outreach community for some time. The Global Earthquake Explorer (GEE) utilizes advanced data access technology hidden by an intuitive map-based interface to provide educational users with full access to data from the IRIS Data Management Center. Within minutes of a significant earthquake anywhere in the world, seismograms of that earthquake are transmitted to center recording facilities for analysis. Designed with education in mind, GEE can access these same data sources used by professional seismologists through a clickable map interface that allows users to easily select the earthquake and seismograph stations of interest and then receive the seismograms over the Internet with a single click of a mouse. With GEE, users can then view and analyze these seismograms on their local computer. GEE is also a teaching tool. It offers teachers a simple and fun way to introduce their students to earthquakes, earth structure, and wave properties. GEE includes several structured Learning Modules that help develop an elementary understanding of physical principles behind earthquakes and seismology.
UR: http://www.seis.sc.edu/GEE
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0830 Teacher training
DE: 0845 Instructional tools
SC: Education and Human Resourcese [ED]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting