[IRIS] Seismology Education Short Course Offered At GSA

[IRIS]

Please note the following short course offering at GSA and forward  
this message to colleagues that may have interest in such a  
professional development opportunity.

Enhanced Seismology Education for Undergraduates [504]
Sat., 21 Oct., 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Cosponsored by GSA Geoscience Education  
Division
This workshop is intended for faculty at 2- and 4-year colleges and  
universities who wish to learn both new seismology content and  
instructional strategies to effectively convey content to students.  
Seismology topics will include “hot topics,” causes of earthquakes,  
propagation of seismic waves, statistics and data, Earth’s structure,  
and hazards. Educational topics will feature instructional sequences,  
student conceptions in geoscience, and constructivist learning  
theory. Effective science instruction will be modeled by emphasizing  
hands-on and inquiry-based activities to deliver content to learners.
Faculty: Jeff Barker, Ph.D., Binghamton University; Michael  
Hubenthal, IRIS Consortium; Tom Owens, Ph.D., University of South  
Carolina; Michael Wysession, Ph.D.
Limit: 25. Fee: US$15; includes course materials and lunch. CEU: 0.8.
Registration for the course occurs during the meeting registration  
process.

http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2006/index.htm


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Michael Hubenthal
Education Specialist
IRIS Consortium
607-777-4612
www.IRIS.edu
hubenth at iris.edu