[iris-bulk] Earth Science Week

[IRIS]

All,

Earth Science week is nearly upon us; October 14-20th, 2007.  Knowing  
that many geoscience departments use this week or month as an  
opportunity to reach out to their local schools and communities, I  
would like to directly your attention to resources that are available  
to support your efforts.  This year the theme of Earth Science week  
is The Pulse of the Earth.  In support of Earth Science week, IRIS  
E&O has again featured a geophysics related activity in The Pulse of  
Earth Science: Earth Science Activity  2007-08 School Year Calendar,  
distributed by AGI ( http://www.earthsciweek.org/calendar/ 
index.html ).   As in the past, the IRIS activity is featured in the  
January page of the calendar.   In this activity students use SeisMac
( http://www.suitable.com/tools/seismac.html ) to familiarize  
themselves with the concept of a three-component seismogram and to  
explore the abstract nature of seismograms through a kinesthetic  
experience.  A more detailed version of this activity, as well as  
additional activities that can be used with students are available  
from...
http://www.iris.edu/edu/resources.htm

If you have any needs or questions about either resources for your  
Earth Science Week outreach, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best Wishes,
Michael

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