Listening to Earth's Secrets: What earthquakes reveal
How can we, as educators, engage students in authentic scientific practices while teaching about earthquakes and the dynamic Earth? This interactive workshop introduces free, classroom-ready digital tools and curricular resources from EarthScope Consortium designed to help students think and act like geoscientists. Participants will explore an earthquake location app suite that guides learners through more modern methods of earthquake location modeled on how scientists analyze real seismic data. Participants will also experience additional tools designed to give students agency over their own learning. As they work independently through each activity, they make decisions, test ideas, and refine their understanding‚ without relying on step-by-step teacher guides or the teacher's answers. Instead, instructional support and prompts are embedded in the resources themselves, enabling faculty to focus on facilitating, and extending learning. Faculty will experience these resources from a student perspective, then discuss strategies for adapting them to upper level high school, and college-level introductory courses in geoscience, environmental science, and related disciplines. The session will highlight pedagogical approaches that emphasize inquiry, data literacy, and collaborative problem-solving‚Äîskills that extend well beyond the geosciences. By the end of the workshop, participants will leave with ideas for implementing these ready-to-use digital activities, and practical ideas for empowering students to take ownership of their learning. Bring your laptop to ensure you get the most out of this workshop. Featured apps and data portals are anticipated to be: EQLocate Layered Earth Interactive Earthquake Browser Interactive Poster
Intended Audience
Secondary and post-secondary introductory instructors, including graduate student TAs. Any number of participants can be accommodated as long as the room can seat them. We are assuming on the order of 20-40 for our planning purposes.
Goals
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Integrate high quality Instruction principles for student-centered active learning.
- Utilize EarthScope resources (webtools) in a logical sequence to learn the above concept.
- Access EarthScope apps and resources.
- Integrate at least one app using an implementation plan




