Thread: Seismac questions

Hi Katie,

Sorry that this reply is late. I have used SeisMac in numerous
Teacher professional developments with success. To give you a flavor
for how I have used it, I have sketched out two activities which can
be found under lessons and resources from the IRIS E&O webpage http://
www.iris.edu/hq/audience/educators. The first activity is designed
to help students make a connection between the display and
seismograms. In the second activity students explore how hard the
ground shakes during an earthquake. The tool is especially
powerful when combined with these animations http://www.iris.edu/hq/
programs/education_and_outreach/aotm/9 .

PS> For those that don't have a powerbook handy, keep in mind that
your physics department is likely to have accelerometers as part of
their probeware packages. These are equally as useful for conveying
the concepts.

If anyone has any questions or suggestions for the activities please
be sure to contact me as I would be quite keen to hear from you.

Best Wishes,
Michael





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Michael Hubenthal
Education Specialist
IRIS Consortium
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www.IRIS.edu
hubenth<at>iris.edu




On Jun 19, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Katie Stofer wrote:

Hi – I’m trying to convince a colleague to loan her Powerbook for a
SeisMac demo (mine’s circa 2003). She’s curious to hear any
feedback users have – has it been a big success, have you had any
problems, etc.?



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