Agenda & Course Materials

Short Course: Increasing the data, math, and societal relevance in introductory Earth science courses

Date: Saturday, April 30, 2022
Time: 9:00am-5:30pm
Location: Mt San Antonio College campus, Walnut, CA (IN PERSON!)

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Horizontal motion timeseries from GPS station P266 in Rio Vista, CA.

Provenance: UNAVCO (unavco.org)
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• 8:15 am - Coffee and light breakfast available
• 8:40 am - Plan to arrive by this time at the latest to ensure you have time for check-in and getting your parking pass put on your car
• 9:00 am - Introductions and short course overview [Beth]
  • Workshop Introduction Logistics and Conclusion (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 11MB May4 22)
• 9:20 am - Measuring the Earth with GPS module (Unit 2: Earthquakes, GPS, and Plate Movement) [Karen]
  • Module overview - Measuring Earth with GPS overview (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 14.8MB May4 22)
  • Working through components of primary student exercise in Unit 2
• 11:00 am - Break
• 11:15 am - Eyes on the Hydrosphere: Tracking Water Resources module [Becca]
  • Module overview - Eyes on the Hydrosphere overview (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 17.3MB May4 22)
  • Building student understanding of the water cycle - Unit 1
  • Really digging into data - Unit 2
  • Example of California-focused, water-related exercise from Measuring the Earth with GPS module (Unit 4: Groundwater, GPS, and Water Resources)
• 1:00 pm - Lunch (provided)
• 1:45 pm - Monitoring Volcanoes & Communicating Risk module
  

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  Mount St. Helens, Washington simplified hazards map showing potential impact area for ground-based hazards during a volcanic event. As a part of this unit, students will analyze volcanic hazard maps from the Mount. St. Helens area to determine the towns at risk during an eruption. Map was obtained from USGS.

  Provenance: MSH hazard map came from https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/st_helens/st_helens_hazard_75.html
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  [Rachel]
  • Module overview - Monitoring Volcanoes methods and overview (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 37.1MB May4 22)
  • Interacting with data in a gallery tour - Unit 1
  • Tips for drawing in California volcanism examples
• 3:30 pm - Break
• 3:45 pm - Resource exploration and implementation planning [Beth]
  • Questions, ideas, challenges - group discussion
  • Other California examples from GETSI
  • Opportunity to sit at topical tables
  • Time for individual planning
  • Workshop feedback survey
• 5:00 pm - Participants can depart
• Optional additional half hour if people have follow-up questions or discussions