SeismicWaves Viewer & SeismicEruption Software part of EarthScope ANGLE:Educational Materials:Activities
This activity includes both the Seismic Waves Viewer and the Seismic Eruption software to help learners better understand earthquakes, volcanoes, and the structure of the Earth. Seismic Waves is a browser-based tool to visualize the propagation of seismic waves from historic earthquakes through Earth's interior and around its surface. By carefully examining these seismic wave fronts and their propagation, the Seismic Waves tool illustrates how earthquakes can provide evidence that allows us to infer Earth's interior structure. Seismic Eruption shows seismicity (earthquakes) and volcanic activity in space and time from 1960 to present. When the program is running, the user sees lights, which represent earthquakes, flashing on the screen in speeded-up time. The user can control the speed of the action. In addition, the program can show seismicity under Earth's surface in three-dimensional and cross-sectional views. Earthquakes can be selected by magnitude and volcanic eruptions can be selected by volcanic explosivity index. In this way, large earthquakes and large eruptions can be selected to emphasize how different types of plate boundaries are characterized by different magnitudes of earthquakes (e.g. no major or great earthquakes occur on spreading ocean ridges). This lesson plan was developed by , Portland Oregon. Students investigate how seismic waves travel through Earth's internal layers and bounce and bend at internal boundaries between mantle, outer core, and inner core.

Investigating Factors That Affect Tsunami Inundation part of EarthScope ANGLE:Educational Materials:Activities
Learners modify elements of a tsunami wave tank to investigate the affect that near-coast bathymetry (submarine topography) and coastal landforms have on how far a tsunami can travel inland. Damaging tsunami are most commonly produced by subduction zone earthquakes, such as those that occur in Alaska.

Seismic Slinky: Modeling P and S waves part of EarthScope ANGLE:Educational Materials:Activities
Students will produce P and S waves using a Slinky© to understand how seismic waves transfer energy as they travel through solids. All types of waves transmit energy, including beach waves, sound, light, and more. When an earthquake occurs it generates four different types of seismic waves. We will focus on two of these: Compressional-P (longitudinal) and shearing-S (transverse) "body waves." These travel through the Earth with distinct particle motion and predictable speed.

Alaska Plate Tectonics & Geohazards Presentation part of EarthScope ANGLE:Educational Materials:Resources
This lecture and associated animations give a basic introduction to plate tectonics and associated earthquakes and volcanoes, using Alaska as the case study site. A similar lecture featuring the USA's Pacific Northwest region is available from the Cascadia EarthScope Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program (CEETEP)

Basic Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes part of EarthScope ANGLE:Educational Materials
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EarthScope ANGLE Educational Materials part of EarthScope ANGLE:Educational Materials
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EarthScope ANGLE part of EarthScope ANGLE
Through a grant from the EarthScope Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF), ANGLE offers educator professional development workshops and helps teach student academies for the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP). EarthScope ANGLE contributes to increasing Alaskan resilience to geohazards through education and the development of an action-oriented statewide learning community.

About EarthScope part of EarthScope ANGLE
× EarthScope Program was a multi-decade effort to explore the structure and evolution of the North American continent. It was a program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) that has deployed thousands of ...

Overview part of EarthScope ANGLE:Workshops and Events:2022 Educator Workshop
× Topic Schedule Main Educator Workshop Day 1 - Alaskan plate tectonics, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes; seismic and GPS monitoring; preparedness steps Day 2 - Field Trip – Alaskan earthquake and ...

Overview part of EarthScope ANGLE:Workshops and Events:2019 Educator Workshop
× Topic Schedule April 5-8, 2019 Main Educator Workshop Day 1 - Alaskan plate tectonics, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes; seismic and GPS monitoring; preparedness steps Day 2 - Field Trip – Alaskan ...