Program & Course Materials

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Before the course

Pre-workshop Meetings

There will be one each, for the three near-surface geophysical methods (ground penetrating radar, seismic refraction, and electrical resistivity). You should plan to attend the one related to the method you will be focusing on more during the workshop, but you are encouraged to attend all three if you would like to learn more about more methods. Real-time attendance is preferable, but the sessions will be recorded for people who cannot attend at the offered times. Participants will be sent calendar invites for all three sessions.

  • Monday July 14
    • Ground penetrating radar - 1pm PT, 2pm MT, 3pm CT, 4pm ET
  • Tuesday July 23
    • Seismic refraction - 9am PT, 10am MT, 11am CT, 12pm ET
    • Electrical resistivity - 1pm PT, 2pm MT, 3pm CT, 4pm ET

During the course

The workshop will be held in the Geophysics Department on the Colorado School of Mines campus.

  • Primary meeting room: Green Center 224
  • Other breakout rooms will include: Green Center 220A, 220D

Participant Share Folder Primary workshop slides Implementation Planning Workspaces

Tuesday July 29 - 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
  • 9:20 am - Introduction to GNSS/GPS - slides will be here
    (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 July 30 - 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 - Safe field experiences for all - 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
    • Teams of ~3 will teach to ~6 others at a time
    • 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 July 31 - 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 – Rotation A - teams teach others
  • 9:45 am – Break (nip in for toilet break if needed and come right back)
  • 10:00 am – Rotation B - teams teach others
  • 11:00 am – Rotation C - teams teach 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 field teaching tips - highly applicable for all methods
  • 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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