John Taber

Education and Public Outreach, Education and Public Outreach Program, Environmental

EarthScope Consortium

Project Leader, Workshop Leader, Webinar Participant, Website Contributor

Project Leader

Introducing Geophysics for Urban and Near-surface Applications part of IGUaNA
The IGUaNA project team are developing teaching materials for introductory-level undergraduate science courses. These materials feature the applications of geophysical techniques to societally-relevant, real-world ...

Intro to InTeGrate part of Integrate
Teaching about Earth for a Sustainable Future: Materials for Faculty and Instructors Classroom Tested, Peer Reviewed and Designed to Fit into Your Course Explore the Teaching Materials ยป Support Sustainability ...

Website Content Contributions

Course Module (1), Activities (6), Essay (1), Conference Presentations (10), Other Contributions (3)

Course Module (1)

Major Storms and Community Resilience part of Major Storms and Community Resilience
Extreme storms have major impacts on the communities that lie in their path. Many climate models predict increased frequency of heavy rains and icing events, freak storms, and severe weather within the continental ...

InTeGrate Developed This material was developed and reviewed through the InTeGrate curricular materials development process.
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Activities (6)

Mysterious motions along the Pacific Northwest Coast part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Students work in small groups to analyze and interpret Global Positioning System (GPS) and seismic data related to "mysterious ground motions" first along the northern California coastline, and then in ...

On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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Essay (1)

Pairing 2YCS with research-focused universities part of SAGE 2YC:Workshops:Preparing Students in Two-year Colleges for Careers:Essays
Given the value that has been shown for early research experiences for undergraduates, including for students who have yet to decide on a major, IRIS would like to partner with other organizations to develop, or help build on a student research program that integrates research opportunities at two-year and four-year schools. We have experience running a national distributed REU program for upper-level students with math, physics and/or geoscience background, but need to learn more about the needs and interests of first and second year students, as our current program has evolved into one where most participants have completed their junior year...

Conference Presentations (10)

IGUaNA: Introducing Geophysics for Urban and Near-surface Applications part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2022:Program:Oral Sessions:Monday Oral Session B
Recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce begins with attracting a diverse student population into the geosciences. One key step in this process is transforming our curricula, looking beyond traditional topics ...

Other Contributions (3)

Using Geophysics to Address Societally-Relevant, Urban and Environmental Questions in Introductory-Level Geoscience Courses part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2021:Program:Afternoon Workshops
The IGUaNA project, Introducing Geophysics for Urban and Near-surface Applications, has developed a set of curricular modules that feature the applications of shallow geophysical techniques to societally-relevant, ...

Real World Example: Earthquake Risk in Southern California part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience
Prepared by John Taber, IRIS, drawn from materials by Jones, L.M., R. Bernknopf, D. Cox, J. Goltz, K. Hudnut, D. Mileti, S. Perry, D. Ponti, K. Porter, M. Reichle, H. Seligson, K. Shoaf, J. Treiman, and A. Wein, ...

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology part of EarthConnections:Program Descriptions
The IRIS facility supports seismology research and education, and the Education and Public Outreach Program provides a variety of seismology-related resources and services for audiences ranging from grade 6-12 teachers, undergraduate students and faculty, graduate students, early career faculty, to the general public.

Communities

Member of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Eastern Section
Earth Educators Rendezvous 2021
July 2021 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2020
July 2020 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2019
July 2019 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2018
July 2018 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2017
July 2017 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2016
July 2016 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2015
July 2015 NAGT Webinar Series Interest
Teaching Geoscience Online
Teach the Earth
ITT Editor Search 2019
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NAGT All

Workshop Leader (4 workshops)

IGUaNA Workshop 2022
August 2022Risk and Resilience Workshop 2014
May 2014March 6-8 2013 InTeGrate Engineering Workshop
March 2013

Workshop Participant (19 workshops)

Communicating Science to the General Public
July 2018 Neutralizing the Politicization of Climate Science and Energy Policy
July 2017 Implementing NGSS -Rendezvous15
July 2015

Webinar Participant (4 webinars)

Where are we with NGSS Implementation?
November 2021 Project EDDIE Using time series data in the classroom Webinar
March 2019 ITG Diverse Students 2016 Webinar
May 2016