Program & Course Materials

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Before the course

Pre-workshop Meetings

In mid-July participants will be asked to attend a preparatory virtual meeting (1-1.5 hours). Although real-time attendance is preferable, this will be recorded and posted here for anyone unable to attend at the time.

During the course

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

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Map of the Colorado School of Mines Geophysics Discovery Lab showing where various items are buried.
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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 - GETSI field modules
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

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Workshop participants working on data processing.
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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 July 31 - Teaching geophysics methods and implementation planning

Breakfast - Available from 6:00 am at Hampton Inn for people staying at the hotel

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The electrical resistivity team teaches some core concepts to the rest of the participants.
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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 field teaching tips - highly applicable for all methods
  - Using GETSI modules
2:15 pm – Teaching implementation planning Participant Workspaces
3:00 pm – Break
3:15 pm – Implementation planning continued
- "Birds of a Feather" groups