Resources

3-D INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE

• iView3D - A powerful interactive 3D data visualization tool. This program runs on all platforms (i.e., Windows, Mac, Linux, SGI, Sun etc.) www.ivs3d.com/products/iview3d
• SIO created 3-D data sets for use with iVIew3D San Diego scene files: www.siovizcenter.ucsd.edu/library/objects/index.php?category=Scenes

USEFUL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE CENTER (SCEC) LINKS

• SCEC homepage: www.scec.org
• SCEC Real-Time Earthquake Page: www.data.scec.org/recenteqs.html
• SCEC's Earthquake Country Website (this has links to Roots in English/Spanish and Roots Bay Area): www.earthquakecountry.info
• Educational Products at SCEC: www.data.scec.org/education.html

HANDS ON TEACHING TOOLS

• Inflatable Globes: http://www.mindbird.com/inflatable_globes.htm
• This Dynamic Planet Map: http://mineralsciences.si.edu/tdpmap/

REALTIME EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION

• California: www.eqinfo.ucsd.edu/dbrecenteqs/anza, pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm, www.cisn.org, www.quake.ca.gov
• Global: www.iris.edu/seismon
• Specific information about notable local and global earthquakes: http://www.eqinfo.ucsd.edu/special_events/
• Shake Maps: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/shakemap/
• Report an earthquake: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/dyfi/
• IRIS - Incorporated research institutions for seismology: www.iris.edu/about/ENO, www.iris.edu/seismon
  • IRIS "Event Search" website - for user-selected earthquake parameters (time, magnitude, depth, location); www.iris.edu/quakes/eventsrch.htm

EARTHQUAKES 101 LECTURE

• The Earthquake 101 lecture powerpoint can be found here
• The Music & Earthquakes TeacherTech Lesson can be found here

WORKSHEETS

• Challenge Worksheet, California Faults & Seismicity: Lab7_Challenge_Wksht.pdf
• Color-coded fault slip direction (Southern California): Slipsense.pdf
• Color-coded fault slip rate (Southern California): Sliprates.pdf
• California Faults & Rates Worksheet Table: Lab7_Table.pdf

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• National Geographic Forces of Nature on line resources: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/
• USGS Earthquake information for use in classrooms: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/
• Free software to record, edit and play sounds (Audacity): http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
• SIO Viz Center - State-of-the-art visualization tool for presenting, and manipulating very large datasets: www.siovizcenter.ucsd.edu
• U.S. Geological Survey: quake.wr.usgs.gov
• Plate Tectonics: jules.unavco.org/VoyagerJr/Earth
• Discover our Earth: www.discoverourearth.org
• Alan Jones "Seismic Eruption" and "Seismic Waves" website - View earthquake plotting on the map and waves while traveling through the Earth:
  http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~ajones/#Seismic-Eruptions
• Tanya Atwater's Plate Motion Animations Downloads: www.geol.ucsb.edu/Outreach/Download/Freeware-FR.html
• Tectonic puzzle: atlas.geo.cornell.edu/education/student/continental_puzzle.html
• Earthquake Magnitude - How to compute: http://siovizcenter.ucsd.edu/library/TLTC/TLTCmag.htm
• Tsunami: The Big Wave
  serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/collections/tsunami.html
  tsun.sscc.ru/tsun_hp.htm
  jules.unavco.org/VoyagerJr/Earth 
• Earthquake 'QUIZ': http://www.eqinfo.ucsd.edu/faq/quiz.php
• Terashake page at SDSC: visservices.sdsc.edu/projects/scec/terashake
• K12 Resources: http://education.sdsc.edu/optiputer/

SCIENCE EDUCATION RESOURCES

• USGS Learning Web: education.usgs.gov
• State of California Science Content Standards: www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss
• State of California Science Framework: www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/fd/sci-frame-dwnld.asp
• National Science Education Standards: www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html
• No Child Left Behind: www.ed.gov/nclb
• National Earth Science Teachers Association: www.nestanet.org
• National Association of Geoscience Teachers: www.nagt.org/nagt/index.html
• California Science Teachers Association: www.cascience.org
• National Science Teachers Association: www.nsta.org

The collaborators of the USGS/SCEC Earthquake Education Workshop wish to extend their gratitude to the OptIPuter Project and volunteers from SIO for their contributions and support which have made this workshop possible.

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