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—skills 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 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:

• Interactive Poster: What's Inside the Earth?
• Determining and Measuring Earth's Layered Interior
• Interactive Earthquake Browser
• EQLocate