Communication, Education and Outreach (CEO)
	Other K-12 Schools, Colleges & Universities

Category	Projects
Joint Participation and Cooperation Agreements	1997-1999: A DESC On-line advisory sub-group of K-12 science teachers was selected by the California Science Implementation Network (CSIN) to review our web-based modules and other educational products disseminated via the Internet. 1996-Present: We support attention to and alignment with the national science education standards and California state education standards (especially in our K-12 programs and materials). We distribute throughout the nation our original educational products (i.e., our Earth science education modules) that highlight SCEC scientific research. We have formed working agreements with professional educators from groups such as the K-12 Alliance, California Science Implementation Network (CSIN), Los Angeles Educational Partnership (LAEP), and Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE), which serve California state teachers and students in the K-12 sector. Thousands of teachers and students have benefitted from SCEC's collaborations with CSIN, National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), California Science Teachers Association (CSTA), Los Angeles Physics Teachers Alliance (LAPTAG), and Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE). LACOE alone serves 1,695 schools with 1.6 million students who speak 90 different languages. Hispanic, African American, and American Indian students comprise 56% of the student population. Sample projects with these and others are included in this table.
Meetings and Field Trips: Workshops Shortcourses Seminars Technical Training Field Trips	1995: SCEC Education director C. Abdouch conducted a three-day "Seismic Sleuths" workshop for 20 participants including middle and high school teachers, science education specialists from three museums, American Red Cross educators, education staff from State Office of Emergency Services and the LA Conservation Corps. 1997-Present: SCEC's Andrews serves as a committee member and reviewer for the National Information Services for Earthquake Engineering libraries at Caltech and UC Berkeley (NISEE): Advisory Board annual meetings, Richmond, CA 1997-Present: EqIP (Earthquake Information Providers group) and EQNet (Webservice for EqIP) cooperative agreement and participation. These field trips were included in SCEC Outreach's annual report, 1998: -M. Forrest led an ESSTEP field trip to Caltech, JPL (featuring GIS, GPS, and Seismic Network capabilities) and the San Andreas fault for SCEC Outreach. -Ken Hudnut (USGS) led a field trip to the Sierra Madre fault in mid-March for La Cañada high school students as part of their Seismology Institute program. -Andrea Donnellan (SCIGN, JPL) co-led a field trip to the Sierra Madre fault for La Cañada high school students as part of their Seismology Institute program. -Ed Keller (UCSB) led a one-day field trip in the Santa Barbara area for LA-based and Santa Barbara-based professionals. -Mark Legg led or co-led several trips, including a Santa Catalina Island field trip (GSA Cordilleran with Dan Francis) and a Coastal Erosion field trip, Carlsbad stop (with Ben Benumof, Gerry Kuhn). -Scott Lindvall led a field trip to the Sierra Madre fault in mid-March for La Cañada high school students as part of their Seismology Institute program.   1995-Present: each year, technical orientations and field trips are conducted by SCEC scientists as part of a 3 or 4 day colloquium for SCEC undergraduate interns.
Print and Electronic Products and Services	1993-Present: Links established with SCEC affiliates. 1995-SCEC Education provided an education grant to set up a pilot seismology lab in a high school in Santa Barbara. Centerpiece of the lab was CUBE. 1998: LA County Office of Education: SCEC CEO staff members Andrews and Tekula (1998-1999) participated on LACOE teams for Curriculum development for "Technology For Learning ­ Communities of Excellence" project, funded by the Annenberg Foundation. We partnered with the Los Angeles Educational Partnership (LAEP) to develop teacher training workshops and enhance our on-line materials. LAEP's Web sites link to SCEC's. Together we developed virtual tours since they have already mounted this type of Internet learning tool on the Web. LAEP is an independent non-profit public education fund working to improve public education for the children of Los Angeles. Since 1984, LAEP has invested more than $35 million in the efforts of educators and community members to develop, test and implement new strategies for strengthening classrooms, schools and communities. Its work ranges from supporting the innovative efforts of individual teachers to the development of comprehensive designs for the schools of the future. (Background information: Technology for Learning (TFL) project divided Los Angeles County into 14 regional consortia, all relatively equal in size. Five Communities of Excellence (CoE) were organized throughout the county that are examining the role of technology in learning in the five core subject area. Involved educators, parents, students, and business/industry representatives developed lessons and strategies for incorporating technology into the classroom in ways that support student learning goals. The successful strategies were implemented throughout the County. The South East Educational Technology Consortium (SEETC), which covers a student population of about 200,000 and makes up 13% of Los Angeles County's total student body, is a CoE focusing on science. When the SCEC Outreach team met with Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)'s Rich Alvidrez, (NASA JPL's Public Education Program Manager and SEETC Board member), he invited SCEC to help incorporate technology into their science curricula. Sara Tekula and Jill Andrews worked closely with the SEETC teachers and curriculum developers to design a framework to implement the County's earth science courses.) 1999 - Present: Earthquake Studies & the Civic Scientist: Fact Sheets, Info packets for the Media, web-based products. 1995-1998 Michael Forrest (Rio Hondo College / SCEC) - Wrote numerous feature articles for SQN
Public Awareness: Media Briefings and Partnerships Speakers' Bureau Civic Events	1996: SCEC Education participated in Fairs and Fesitvals during April, earthquake preparedness month in California: Loma Linda Univ. Med. Center Earthquake Preparedness Fair; City of LA Emergency Preparedness Fair; University Day, USC; Metropolitan Water District, LA; Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa. LAPTAG Workshops to present educational modules, 1999, 2000. TRI-NET Outreach Advisory Committee, 1998-Present. CSUN: meeting to prepare for LARSE, 1999. 1997-Present: K-12 Alliance: Assisted SCEC Outreach at CSTA & NSTA Annual meetings - modules presentations.
Formal and Informal Education: K-16 Earth Science Curricula Teacher Training Museum exhibits Undergraduate Internships	1994: Exhibit with Coalition for Earth Science Education at NSTA annual conference. Engaged 1,000 science teachers and conferees. 1995: -SCEC Education director conducted a ten-meeting series of training workshops using "Seismic Sleuths" materials for 30 educators, including those from community colleges and universities. -SCEC teamed with So. Calif. Academy of Sciences to create the "Great Groundwater Game" at a one-day festival sponsored by the Water Replenishment District of southern California; Cerritos College hosted. -SCEC Education sponsored seven high school students in the Research Training Program under the auspices of the Junior Academy of Sciences (Fullerton, CA). Students conducted research projects in the earth and physical sciences. -SCEC Education teamed with the North American Association for Environmental Education to guide students through "Tremor Troop" elementary education activities during the Summer VINE Program in South Central inner city Los Angeles. The program also supported four earth science graduate students as worksite supervisors and employed an African American elementary teacher as program coordinator. -SCEC Education participated in cooperative development of educational activities related to ""The Restless Earth"" episode on earthquakes in the ""New Exploers,"" a PBS science series (in collaboration with the Discovery Science Center in Orange County, CA). 1996: SCEC Education conducted activities and services in partnership with Palos Verdes School District. Examples: conducted teh PV Peninsula Land conservancy one-week workshop to develop an elementary grade Natural Habitat Investigation program; Conducted a one-week earth science workshop for secondary teachers; co-developed and assisted PVPUSD proposal to NSF for a science education program; hosted several high school science teachers for a marine and geology field trip to Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies on Catalina Island; Supplied equipment (3 seismometers) for lab and classroom use, high school level; pledged support for five student research projects for Research Training Program of So. Calif. Academy of Sciences. -With Santa Barbara area high schools, completed a pilot project to explore use of CUBE in the classroom. ""CUBE Curriculum"" incorporated selected activities from FEMA's "Seismic Sleuths" and a one-day workshop was conducted to introduce CUBE to teachers in the region. Three high schools, eight community colleges and state universities and one middle school participated. 1997-Present: CSTA & NSTA Annual meetings - modules presentations. 1997-Present: Meridith Osterfeld and a cadre of teacher trainers (K-12 Alliance): - Assisted SCEC Outreach team in creating DESC On-line; assembled dozens of teachers in California who serve as our education modules advisors and reviewers for alignment to national and state education standards and beta testing. - Conducted teacher training summer institutes and features SCEC researchers as part of the program. - Represented SCEC Outreach and demonstrated the education modules and DESC On-line activities at Geological Society of America annual outreach/education workshop at California State University at Long Beach. - Acted as coordinator and facilitator at each education module review meeting (May 1998; June 1998; October 1998; November 1998; spring and summer 1999).   1997: -Several Community College instructors reviewed college level modules. Hundreds of educators use these modules worldwide. LA Physics Teachers Group (LAPTAG) provides ongoing support and advertisment. -SCEC Education established its strategic support agreement with 3 blue-ribbon school districts: Palos Verdes, La Canada, and Rialto.We continue these by providing them with SCEC Outreach expertise and resources. -SCEC Education conducted the year-long ANNA-SCEC Neighborhood Earthquake Watch with funding from USC's Neighborhood Outreach Program. Program included speaker series, safety kit construction, pre- and post-program assessment, installation of gas shut-off valves, and an earthquake fair attended by several hundred people from south Central Los Angeles. 1998-2000: LAPTAG Workshops to present SCEC educational modules and train educators to use them (Gerry Simila, CSUN) 1999: LACOE Technology for Learning (TFL) Project, a public-private collaborative with the mission of making Los Angeles County a national leader in educational technology. SCEC provided LACOE's Earth Science CuLrriculum Design Team the resources necessary to design the story line and create activities for the earth sciences portion of their science curriculum. Dr. Jim Lanich (LACOE Director) named SCEC an official partner and contributor to the materials. Our logo and links to our website will be included on the final web-based curriculum as well as a mention in the credits. The potential impact of this partnership can possibly reach over 1.6 millions students and their teachers.

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