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Before the course

Participant Checklist

Pre-workshop Meetings

July 22-24, we held a series of pre-workshop meetings to help participants become more familiar with the near-surface geophysical methods before they see them in the field. Participants should attend (or watch the recording) for at least their primary focus method. People are welcome to attend all of them to learn more.

During the course

Subject to change

Participant Share Folder Primary workshop slides Implementation Planning Workspaces

Tuesday August 6 - Introduction to the workshop and geophysics methods

  • Breakfast - Available from 6:00 am at Hampton Inn for people staying at the hotel
  • 7:30 am - Shuttle departs from Hampton Inn entrance for campus
  • 8:00 am - Workshop start
    • Introduction to the workshop and each other
    • Teaching module overview
      • IGUaNA modules (GPR, seismic, resistivity)
      • GETSI modules (GPS)
  • 9:20 am - Introduction to GNSS/GPS - Introduction to GPS-GNSS geophy educ workshop (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 62MB Aug6 24)
    (these slides are taken from various presentations in the High Precision Positioning module)
  • 12:00 pm - Lunch
  • 1:00 pm - Field time with instruments (Geophysics Discovery Lab - Kafadar Common)
  • ~3:00 pm - Teams return inside for initial data processing work (breakout rooms)
    • Take a 15-minute Break as your team comes back inside
  • 4:30 pm – Planning for Day 2
  • 4:50 pm – Road check
  • 5:00 pm – Adjourn
  • 5:10 pm - Shuttle departs for Hampton Inn
  • 6:30 pm - Dinner in Hampton Inn breakfast area

Wednesday August 7 - More practice with geophysics methods

  • Breakfast - Available from 6:00 am at Hampton Inn for people staying at the hotel
  • 7:30 am - Shuttle departs from Hampton Inn entrance for campus
  • 8:00 am - Make plans for participant-led surveys (GeoMakerSpace)
  • Before 9:00 am - move to the basement to get instruments and head outside
  • ~11:00 am - Teams return inside for initial data analysis
  • 12:00 pm - Lunch
  • 1:00 am - Data analysis continued
  • Before 3 pm - Prepare for report out at 3:15 pm - designate a "reporter" (or two) and plan a bit on what they will say for the group (images are fine but not required)
    • Quick overview of what you did
    • What went well?
    • What didn't go as smoothly as hoped?
    • What insights from today's experience will inform your teaching plans?
  • 3:00 pm - Break
  • 3:15 pm - Report out on teaching experiences
  • 4:00 pm - Inclusive and safe field experiences - see links in Resources section below
  • 4:30 pm - Initial planning for Day 3 teaching
  • 4:50 pm – Road check
  • 5:00 pm – Adjourn
  • 5:10 pm - Shuttle departs for hotel
  • 6:30 pm - Dinner in Hampton Inn breakfast area (everyone should attend, even local participants)
  • 7:00 pm or sooner - Teams plan for how they will teach their method to others on Day 3
    • Will be on Discovery Lab lawn
    • You will teach the other two groups (~18 people)
    • Decide what is most important to do in 1 hour
    • Skip GPS
    • Make sure you plan for keeping people occupied and making sure that everyone gets some chance to interact with the instrument
       

Thursday August 8 - Teaching geophysics methods and implementation planning

  • Breakfast - Available from 6:00 am at Hampton Inn for people staying at the hotel
  • 7:30 am - Shuttle departs from Hampton Inn entrance for campus 
  • 8:00 am - Final prep for field teaching (team decides where to meet - breakout rooms or basement store rooms)
  • 8:45 am – Ground Penetrating Radar team teaches others
  • 9:45 am – Break (nip in for toilet break if needed and come right back)
  • 10:00 am – Seismic team teaches others
  • 11:00 am – Electrical Resistivity team teaches others
  • GROUP PHOTO
  • 12:00 pm - Lunch
  • 1:00 pm - Teaching with geophysics methods
    • Instructor stories - Andy Moore, E. Christa Farmer
    • Geophysics career options - Andy Parsekian, Brandon Dugan
    • Accessing instruments from EPIC (and UofWY)
      • EarthScope Geophysics Field Education - instructions for requesting instruments
      • Workshop participants can have shipping fee waived for the first time they borrow an instrument -- GPS, GPR, seismic (low resources institutions can ask for shipping waivers in subsequent years too)
      • EarthScope can also cover SuperSting rental from University of Wyoming (~$2500 each for 3-4 institutions in 2024-25 academic year; EarthScope will also be purchasing one this fall)
    • Teaching in the field - GETSI GNSS/GPS module tips - highly applicable for all methods
    • Using the modules - IGUaNA project tips 
  • 2:15 pm – Teaching implementation planning Participant Workspaces
  • 3:00 pm – Break
  • 3:15 pm – Implementation planning continued
    • "Birds of a Feather" groups

  • Whole group discussion
  • 5:00 pm – End of workshop survey 
  • 5:30 pm – Adjourn 
  • 5:40 pm - Shuttle departs for hotel 
  • 7:00 pm - Dinner in Hampton Inn breakfast area

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