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Alaskan Volcanoes & Hazards Presentation
This lecture and associated animations give a basic introduction to Alaskan volcanoes, volcanic hazards, and volcano monitoring.

Resource Type: Lecture, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
Grade Level: General Public, Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Subject: Engineering, Geodesy, Geoscience, Seismology, Natural Hazards, Volcanism
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Data: Data:GPS/GNSS, Geophysics GPS/GNSS, Data:Seismic
Special Interest: Data, models, or simulations, Hazards, Process of Science, Quantitative
Quantitative Skills: Arithmetic/Computation, Graphs, Vectors and Matrices

Alaska GPS Analysis of Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes
Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope Consortium
This activity introduces students to high precision GPS as it is used in geoscience research. Students build "gumdrop" GPS units and study data from three Alaska GPS stations from the Plate Boundary Observatory network. They learn how Alaska's south central region is "locked and loading" as the Pacific Plate pushes into North America and builds up energy that will be released in the future in other earthquakes such as the 1964 Alaska earthquake.

Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14)
Subject: Geodesy, Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience, Engineering
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Data: Data:GPS/GNSS, Geophysics GPS/GNSS
Special Interest: Quantitative, Hazards, Data, models, or simulations, Process of Science, Spatial Thinking
Quantitative Skills: Vectors and Matrices, Graphs
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Exploring Tectonic Motions with GPS
Shelley E Olds, EarthScope Consortium
Learners study plate tectonic motions by analyzing Global Positioning System (GPS) data, represented as vectors on a map. By observing changes in vector lengths and directions, learners interpret whether regions are compressing, extending, or sliding past each other. To synthesize their findings, learners identify locations most likely to have earthquakes, and defend their choices by providing evidence based on the tectonic motions from the GPS vector and seismic hazards maps. Show more information on NGSS alignment Hide NGSS ALIGNMENT Disciplinary Core Ideas History of Earth: HS-ESS1-5 Earth' Systems: MS-ESS2-2 Earth and Human Activity: MS-ESS3-2, HS-ESS3-1 Science and Engineering Practices 4. Analyzing and Interpreting Data 5. Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking 6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Crosscutting Concepts 4. Systems and System Models 7. Stability and Change 

Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Subject: Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Natural Hazards, Geodesy, Tectonics
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Data: Data:GPS/GNSS, Geophysics GPS/GNSS
Special Interest: Quantitative, Hazards, Process of Science, Data, models, or simulations
Quantitative Skills: Vectors and Matrices
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Alaska Earthquakes & Tsunami Presentation
Robert Butler (ANGLE Project)
This lecture and associated animations delve in more deeply to the topic of Alaskan earthquakes and tsunami along with their causes and variability. It also draws on EarthScope GPS and seismic data to show how we can study earth processes to better understand Alaskan geohazards. It highlights case study sites of Whittier and Seward during the 1964 Alaska Mag 9.2 earthquake to show how differences in location, topography, and land use can lead to different tsunami experiences in different communities. give a good introduction to tsunami produced by earthquakes and landslides. It includes information on how they are generated and why there can be great variability between tsunami characteristics--even for earthquakes of similar size. The lecture describes tsunami generated by the in particular depth.

Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Lecture
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14), General Public
Subject: Natural Hazards:Tsunami, Mass Wasting, Natural Hazards, Seismology, Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Tectonics, Geoscience, Geodesy
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Data: Geophysics Data:GPS/GNSS, Data:GPS/GNSS, Seismic
Special Interest: Quantitative, Hazards
Quantitative Skills: Arithmetic/Computation, Graphs, Vectors and Matrices

Volcano Monitoring with GPS: Westdahl Volcano Alaska
Maite Agopian, EarthScope; Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope Consortium
Learners use graphs of GPS position data to determine how the shape of Westdahl Volcano, Alaska is changing. If the flanks of a volcano swell or recede, it is a potential indication of magma movement and changing ...

Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Outreach Activity
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Subject: Natural Hazards:Volcanism, Geodesy, Engineering, Geoscience
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Data: Data:GPS/GNSS, Geophysics GPS/GNSS
Special Interest: Quantitative, Spatial Thinking, Hazards, Process of Science, Data, models, or simulations
Quantitative Skills: Vectors and Matrices, Graphs
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