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| Press Release: February 3, 2003 | |
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University of Nevada Reno
Nevada Seismological Laboratory http://quake.seismo.unr.edu 775-784-4975 |
| To promote K-12 science education in Nevada, the University
of Nevada Reno, with support from the Nevada Public Agency Insurance
Pool, the Department of Energy and the Nevada Earthquake Safety Council,
is installing a unique network of 22 low cost real-time Internet based
seismograph stations in Nevada schools. Jeff Griffin, Director FEMA
Western District, is presenting computers to UNR President John Lilley
to assist in the deployment of the network and help bring modern digital
data acquisition technologies to Nevada’s Science Classrooms.
These stations are connected with real-time Internet communications
to the Nevada Seismological Laboratory and contribute to earthquake
monitoring and earthquake hazard mitigation throughout the State.
Nevada is the 3rd most seismically active State in the county, second
only to California and Alaska in numbers of large earthquakes. In
this unique new program, Nevada science classrooms receive the electronics
to record earthquakes and also receive state-of-the-art PC software
enabling them to view earthquakes “as they happen” in
the State, the western US and the world. Partnering with the University
of Nevada Las Vegas, a curriculum package is under development to
integrate topical earth science research in Nevada with K-12 science
education. Researchers collect data from school seismographs to help
understand the active faults and the earthquake hazard in in the State
with K-12 educators and students becoming an integral part of an “active”
earth science research program. The goal is to create a “meaningful”
relationship between K-12 and the research community to “inspire”
young people in science, bringing modern technology and active research
directly into the classroom. Schools interested in participating in
the program can contact the Nevada Seismological Laboratory. |
Integrated K12-UNR Seismic Network |
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