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Earthquake! A Term Paper and Presentation Assignment part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Laura Wetzel, Eckerd College
In this writing and oral presentaion assignment, students are challenged to assess a building site for a fictitious organization, the Society for Earthquake Enthusiasts. Each student must choose a historically ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Geophysics in the community part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, Western Washington University
In this activity students develop independent or small group research projects in collaboration with local community organizations, or with the goal of investigating a topic relevant to the greater community. This ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Project
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods:Seismic refraction, Seismic reflection, Ground Penetrating Radar, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods, Geophysics in other disciplines, Seismology, Gravity, Exploration Methods:Electrical Conductivity/Resistivity, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Magnetism/Paleomag
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Earthquake Location part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Larry Braile, Purdue University-Main Campus
Earthquake location is an interesting and significant aspect of seismology. A number of methods that vary from simple to complex are available for learning about earthquake location. The methods also allow ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Geophysics and Structural Geology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

SSBW - IRIS DMC Tutorial 4: dataselect Web Service and Filtering Seismograms part of Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) generate and interpret IRIS web service requests for metadata, earthquake information, and seismogram data (event, station, ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology

Introduction to Earthquake Seismology Methods part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Bruce Rueger, Colby College
This lab introduces students of aspects of earthquake seismology methods. These include analysis of p-wave amplitude, location of an earthquake epicenter and determining the time of occurrence of an earthquake. ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Seismogram Patterns part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Charles Ammon, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
I assign this homework on the first day of class, after discussing the nature of science and mathematics, and the integral role of patterns in scientific discovery. The specific goal is to have students carefully ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Using physical observations to guess the interior of a globe part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Devin Castendyk, SUNY College at Oneonta
This activity introduces students to the need for geophysics and the application of several geophysical methods commonly employed. Students are given a hollow globe that contains various objects and asked to infer ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods:Seismic reflection, Electromagnetics, Seismic refraction, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods, Magnetism/Paleomag, Exploration Methods:Electrical Conductivity/Resistivity, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Digital Analysis of Geophysical Signals and Waves (DAGSAW)/Filtering part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
George Jiracek, San Diego State University
Filtering is one of the most important steps in geophysical data recording and processing since it is present in all geophysical analysis. Filtering is explained in the Digital Analysis of Geophysical Signals and ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Magnetism/Paleomag, Seismology, Gravity, Exploration Methods
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Sequenced writing assignment part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Steven Jaume, College of Charleston
An iterative term paper where students include new geophysical data in each new version. This allows the instructor to work closely with the student and point out how different geophysical datasets constrain ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods:Seismic reflection, Seismic refraction, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Magnetism/Paleomag, Gravity, Exploration Methods, Seismology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Locating and Measuring Earthquakes Using Real Seismic Data part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Kelly Liu, Missouri University of Science and Technology
The objective is to locate an earthquake and measure its Richter magnitude using real data recorded by seismographs.

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review