SCEC INSTANeT News
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SCEC INSTANeT News |
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Earthquakes -- a free one-day workshop for teachers |
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Hands-on classroom activities that teachers
and students will love! An earthquake education workshop for teachers will be held on November 17, 2001 from 9 am to 5 pm at Polytechnic School in Pasadena, CA. The workshop explores the science of earthquakes and applies those concepts to a wide range of activities that are ready to take back to a variety of learning environments. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) sponsor the program with support from Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS), Caltech and Polytechnic School. Lisa Wald (USGS), Wendy Bohon (USGS), Bob de Groot (SCEC) and Martha House (Caltech) are organizing and conducting the workshop. For more information and to sign up for the workshop, go to http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/workshops/ or send e-mail to wbohon@usgs.gov, or call the USGS office at 626-583-7822. Polytechnic School is located at 1030 E. California Blvd. Pasadena, CA. 91106. Parking will be located in the lot off of Wilson Ave. Feel free to share the workshop
flyer (pdf) with those who might be interested in the workshop. |
Phone 213/740-5843 Fax 213/740-0011 e-mail: SCECinfo@usc.edu |