http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#discussion http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#post18422 Katryn Wiese 1326149760 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#post18422 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#post18428 Dave Mogk 1326233280 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#post18428 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#post18431 http://orgs.up.edu/totle/ . I also work with IRIS Education and Public Outreach most notably as one of the developers of Recent Earthquakes Teachable Moments http://www.iris.edu/hq/retm . ]]> Robert Butler 1326249540 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#post18431 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#post18434 Lynne Elkins 1326311220 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#post18434 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#post18435 Beth Pratt-Sitaula 1326314460 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#post18435 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#post18436 Emily Peterman 1326389280 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#post18436 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#post18440 http://www.shakeout.org/centralus/index.html ). Other geohazards that have affected my students include flash flooding. Unfortunately, residents and visitors to our state were directly and indirectly related to the high loss of life associated with the Albert Pike Recreational Area in June 2010; U.S.G.S. report was released November 2011. We are the "Natural State" and do have natural hazards to address.]]> Wendi Williams 1326397920 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#post18440 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#post18444
Like others who have posted here, I like to make class topics relevant to the lives likely lived by laypersons who are the majority of students. So for a long time I've used homes/domestic dwellings as conceptual focus to serve the needs of students I have. In addition to the process based hazards that affect homes (earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and subsidence), materials based hazards such as radon, asbestos, expansive soils, domestic water supplies and hazards to the pocketbook that result from poor drainage and moisture and associated issues such as toxic mold, "sick building syndrome" can be realities that many will face. Even effects based on geographic latitude, such as light deprivation are pertinent to design and desirability of living. These make for a very interesting way to present introductory geology--both to students and to me.

It is not necessary that all the hazards be local to be relevant either. We have had a highly mobile population for decades now and students increasingly have an interest in knowing "what's out there."

I also have had students get copies of their parents homeowners insurance policies and draw up a table of what is covered in the policy alongside the local hazards that exist in the area where the home is sited. Many parents are surprised to learn what their policies exclude. I've even known geologists who were surprised by this.]]> Ed Nuhfer 1326425640 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/discussions/teaching_about_.html#post18444