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2019

Derek Schutt in the Yukon for the Mackenzie Mountains EarthScope Project

Derek Schutt


2019-07-11

Wait, I could do geophysics—physics and math—and go outside?! That's the perfect combination.
15 years

Fifteen Years of Earth Science Exploration


2019-02-14

The EarthScope National Office
Transportable Array project staff in 2013.

Reflections on the Accomplishments of EarthScope’s USArray


2019-02-14

The USArray has operated for over 15 years as a community science facility designed to address EarthScope’s goal of understanding the structure and evolution of the North American continent.
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Education Corner: Final inSights Issue


2019-02-14

Sharing Science through the EarthScope Speaker Series and Save the Date for the EarthScope Legacy Education and Outreach Virtual Workshop
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EarthScope Announcements


2019-02-13

inSights Final Issue February 2019

2018

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EarthScope Top 10 Discoveries


2018-12-07

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Cliffs of the Midcontinent Rift

Redrawing the Map of the Midcontinent Rift


2018-09-04

EarthScope data is changing our views of this billion-year-old feature
Showing plate movement direction at a PBO station in Alaska.

Education Corner: 2018 ANGLE Teacher Workshop


2018-08-29

This issue features the first ANGLE educator workshop, which focused on giving educators tools for teaching about Alaska geoscience and community resiliency to tsunami and earthquake hazards.
Rhiannon Vieceli

Rhiannon Vieceli


2018-07-10

Humans of EarthScope: “I like making interpretations about the earth, which is the common denominator for everyone.”
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Media Advisory


2018-05-24

Science Educators Gather in Anchorage to Learn about Teaching and Preparing for Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes in Alaska
Lidar data shown as vegetated landscape and as hillshade (bare surface).

EarthScope’s Laser Vision: Sharing Lidar Data


2018-05-07

High-resolution images reveal fault movement—before and after quakes—to experts and students 
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EarthScope Announcements


2018-05-04

inSights Spring 2018
Seismic waves translated into sound

Education Corner


2018-05-01

We explore the senses in this issue, from visual resources for current events-based lessons, to mapping with lasers, to learning about seismic waves through sound. Bonus materials: What wildlife sets off seismic sensors?
Background: View of the Georgia Mountain Research & Education Center, where rural schoolkids come to learn about seismic monitoring (Photo by Rob Hawman). Inset: Fourth-grade students examine seismograms for an "earthquake" they have generated during an outdoor Environmental Field Day event at the center, which is near Blairsville, GA. (Image from Peggy Schneider, GMREC Community Council)

Open SESAME


2018-01-29

EarthScope seismic research inspires landowners and students in Georgia
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EarthScope Announcements


2018-01-29

inSights Winter 2017-18
Students learn firsthand, from UNAVCO field engineer Ryan Turner, how the GPS station at Olivelands Elementary School measures ground movement. The lesson includes discussing why monitoring plate movement is important for the students’ community. (Photo by Beth Bartel, UNAVCO)

PBO Station Highlight


2018-01-29

Station OVLS introduces students to plate movement
Rob Hawman

Rob Hawman


2018-01-24

I got into geology originally because I was always fascinated by the history of the earth.
Science Fair season is coming soon, giving students a chance to explore hands-on science. (Photo by Molly Tedesche)

Education Corner


2018-01-24

Science Fair season is coming soon, giving students a chance to explore hands-on science. (Photo by Molly Tedesche)

In every inSights issue, we feature a few of the dozens of

2017

Teaching Teachers at Alaska Earthquake Center, Fairbanks. (Credit M.Agopian)

Education Corner


2017-10-12

In every InSights issue, ESNO features two of the dozens of tools, modules, and activities that utilize EarthScope data to benefit a wide variety of users (K–12, university educators, informal programs like museums or after-school programs).
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Summer 2017 Education Corner


2017-07-20

In every InSights issue, ESNO features two of the dozens of tools, modules, and activities that utilize EarthScope data to benefit a wide variety of users (K–12, university educators, informal programs like museums or after-school programs)
Classroom Outreach

Spring 2017 Education Corner


2017-05-05

In every InSights issue, ESNO features two of the dozens of tools, modules, and activities that utilize EarthScope data to benefit a wide variety of users (K–12, university educators, informal programs like museums or after-school programs)
USA STEM Festival, 2016

Winter 2017 Education Corner


2017-02-01

In every InSights issue, ESNO features two of the dozens of tools, modules, and activities that utilize EarthScope data to benefit a wide variety of users (K–12, university educators, informal programs like museums or after-school programs)

2016

Borehole strainmeter B030, Fall Creek, Oregon.

Fall Creek, Oregon


2016-10-24

Borehole strainmeter B030 records slip around the world
USA STEM Festival, 2016

Fall 2016 Education Corner


2016-10-23

For every InSights issue, we feature two of the dozens of tools, modules, and activities that utilize EarthScope data to benefit a wide variety of users. We intend to reach K–12 and university educators, as well as informal programs like museums.
STEM Festival in Washington DC

Getting Hands On With EarthScope


2016-10-10

By ESNO - Spring 2016

"Wow, it's moving!" was called out frequently in the busy hall that housed the largest (and free!) national science festival. More than 365,000 people of all ages and

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Summer 2016 Education Corner


2016-09-20

Over the years, an array of tools, modules, and activities applying EarthScope scientific data have been developed for a wide variety of users. K–12 and university educators, or informal programs like museums, can benefit from these resources.
Jenny Nakai with seismometer.

Lights, Cameras, Action!


2016-09-19

EarthScope Stories Chronicled on Video

2015

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EarthScope Science and Disaster Preparedness


2015-01-14

Engaging Educators in EarthScope Science and Disaster Preparedness Through Professional Development Workshops in Coastal Cascadia

2014

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New Active Earth Monitor Content Set


2014-10-14

Midcontinent Rift Available in Spring 2015
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Teaching Educators: PBO Data and Classroom Resources


2014-10-14

by UNAVCO - Fall 2014

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New EarthScope Geochronology Graduate Student Research and Training Program


2014-09-22

Organizers: Rebecca Flowers (CU), Ramon Arrowsmith (ASU), Jim Metcalf (CU), Blair Schoene (Princeton), Tammy Rittenour (USU) - Fall 2014

The EarthScope Institute on…

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Using the Midcontinent Rift as a Unifying Theme for Park Interpreters and Educators


2014-09-22

By Seth Stein, Carol Stein, and Eunice Blavascunas - Fall 2014

One of EarthScope’s major targets is the Midcontinent Rift (MCR), a 1.1 billion-year-old scar along which…

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New Flexible Array Video Series


2014-01-01

By ESNO - Winter 2014

Geology might not be the first thing that comes to mind if you heard the names SESAME, CAFÉ, SUGAR, and OIINK, but these are just a few examples of…

2013

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EarthScope Northeastern Interpretive Workshop


2013-09-22

By ESNO - Fall 2013

Twenty-six interpretive professionals listened intently as Park Ranger Stephanie Kyriazis (photo) relayed the glacial history of Acadia National Park…

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InTeGrate: Interdisciplinary Teaching of Geoscience for a Sustainable Future


2013-01-01

Cathryn A. Manduca - Winter 2013

InTeGrate is an NSF sponsored community effort to support the teaching of geoscience in the context of societal issues both within…

2012

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Understanding Continental Evolution using Data from the Transportable Array


2012-09-22

By Dr.Hersh Gilbert - Fall 2012

Do high mountains possess thick roots of low-density crust that keep them a"oat in the denser mantle, or do zones of low-density mantle…

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EarthScope Interpretive Workshop - Central Appalachian Region


2012-06-22

Photo above, courtesy of Wendy Taylor

Hosted by James Madison University (JMU) and organized by ESNO, this workshop featured…

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EarthScope and Place-Based Education


2012-06-22

By Steven Semken - Summer 2012

When we affix meaning to any physical locality—by naming it, building a home there, exploring its geology and geophysics as EarthScope…

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Tales from the Field: PBO Installation in Alaska


2012-03-22

Max Enders - Spring 2012

When UNAVCO set about building the Earthscope Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) no challenge was nearly as daunting as the prospect of installing…

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EarthScope Social Media Blitz


2012-03-22

By ESNO - Spring 2012

Social media sites have emerged as a popular and effective form of communication among all age groups, with more than half of the teenage and adult…