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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
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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Volcano Monitoring with GPS: Westdahl Volcano Alaska
Maite Agopian, EarthScope; Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope
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
On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
Learn more about this review process.