October 2013 - Astoria, OR

Astoria Workshop

Clatsop Community College
October 11-14, 2013

Detailed Agenda

Workshop Presentations and Activities:

Presentations by the CEETEP team and invited scientists, educators, and emergency management specialists provided background on Pacific Northwest tectonics, earthquake and tsunami hazards, and community preparedness.

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Introductions: CEETEP, EarthScope, Participants, Instructors (Beth Pratt-Sitaula)
Beauty and the Beast: Plate Tectonics and Geological Hazards of the Pacific Northwest (Bob Lillie)
Basics of Earthquake and Tsunami Science and Hazards and Related Teaching Activities (Bob Butler, Bonnie Magura, Roger Groom)
Preparedness for Distant Tsunami and Surviving an Earthquake (Pat Corcoran, Bob DeGroot)
Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunami and Related Teaching Activities (Bob Butler, Bonnie Magura, Roger Groom)
Preparedness and Surviving Local Tsunami Event (Althea Rizzo)
Native American Oral Histories (Beth Pratt Sitaula)
Exchange of Pedagogies: Interpreting the "Beauty and the Beast" Story along the Cascadia Coast (Bob Lillie)
Digital Resources (Beth Pratt-Sitaula, Bob DeGroot)
Preparedness for Post-event Personal and Community Survival (Althea Rizzo)
Tsunami Vertical Evacuation Structures (Roger Groom)

Breakout sessions provided participants with opportunities to use their “Tool Box” of teaching supplies, maps and posters. Demonstrations led by experienced classroom teachers helped familiarize participants with their Workshop Notebook filled with plate-tectonic, earthquake, tsunami, and emergency preparedness activities.

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Field Trip:

The field trip day began with a visit to the GPS station located at the Tongue Point Naval Station, where participants learned how EarthScope instrumentation continuously measures and transmits data on plate-tectonic movements. On the beach boardwalk in Long Beach, Washington, Pat Corcoran led discussions about how low-lying coastal communities face challenges from the dangers of earthquakes and tsunamis. In Ilwaco, the group did a tsunami evacuation walk to high ground next to the high school, discovering firsthand the very real evacuation challenges for visitors and residents. The group then traveled up the east side of Willapa Bay to explore the north bank of the Niawiakum River, led by Brian Atwater of the U. S. Geological Survey, one of the first researchers to document and interpret evidence for Great Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes. Participants observed tsunami geology in the riverbank and took cores of tsunami sand sheets and intertidal marsh layers buried during the last great earthquake and tsunami in January of 1700.
Astoria Workshop Field Trip Guide

Action Teams:

Participants were organized into Action Teams with a mix of teachers, interpreters, and emergency management educators from coastal communities. On the final day, each team presented an interpretive skit incorporating CEETEP science and preparedness. They also began plans for group projects later presented at the March 2014 Share-a-Thon

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Agenda Astoria 2013

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Cascadia EarthScope Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program (CEETEP)

Workshop for Teachers, Interpreters, and Emergency Management Educators

October 11-14, 2013

Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR

Primary room: Columbia Hall 219 (assume this room unless otherwise noted)

Secondary room: Columbia Hall 221 (possibly also study rooms 201 and 224)

Friday, October 11 (Day 1)
8:30	Coffee, tea, juice, snacks for those who arrive early
9:00	1. Introductions: CEETEP, EarthScope, Participants, Instructors (Beth Pratt-Sitaula) Please sit with your Action Team. Tables will be marked.
10:15	Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacks)
10:30	2. Beauty and the Beast: Plate Tectonics and Geological Hazards of the Pacific Northwest (Bob Lillie)
12:00	Thoughts/questions/reflection (Bob Lillie, Beth Pratt-Sitaula)
12:15	Lunch (Served in Columbia 221). You may eat in either room or other appropriate places around CCC.
1:00	3. Basics of Earthquake and Tsunami Science and Hazards (Bob Butler, Bonnie Magura, Roger Groom)
3:15	Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacks)
3:30	4. Preparedness for Distant Tsunami and Surviving an Earthquake (Pat Corcoran, Bob DeGroot)
4:30	Forms: Reimbursements; Stipends; Photo Permissions; Logistics for Day 2 Field Trip (Nancee Hunter, Beth Pratt-Sitaula)
4:45	Reflection, Questions, Implications (Pat Corcoran, Beth Pratt-Sitaula)
5:30	Adjourn

Saturday, October 12 (Day 2)		Field Trip Guide
8:30	Coffee, tea, juice, snacks for those who arrive early
9:00	Depart Clatsop Community College for Field Trip (designated car pools will be arranged Day 1)
9:15	Stop 1: Tongue Point Coast Guard Station GPS Station (Beth Pratt-Sitaula)	GPS Station	Visit component of EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) and discuss what measurements tell us about earthquake hazard.
9:45	Drive to Long Beach
10:45	Stop 2: Long Beach (Bob Lillie; Pat Corcoran)	Beauty and the Beast; Extreme Evacuation Challenges	Brainstorm about interpretive opportunities and overcoming challenging tsunami evacuation sites.
11:45	Drive to Ilwaco
12:00	Lunch at One Pacific Coast Bank on Ilwaco waterfront
12:45	Stop 3: Ilwaco Evacuation Walk (Pat Corcoran)	Tsunami Evacuation Route	We will walk the actual evacuation route from Ilwaco waterfront. Includes time to think about and discuss hazards, infrastructure, solutions.
1:45	Drive to Niawiakum River and Toilet Break at Goose Point Oyster
2:30	Stop 4: Niawiakum River (Brian Atwater, Bob Butler)	Tsunami Geology	Core for tsunami sand and discuss the varied evidence used to determine Cascadia's Great Quake and tsunami history.
4:30	Drive back to Clatsop Community College
5:30	Adjourn

Sunday, October 13 (Day 3)
8:30	Coffee, tea, juice, snacks for those who arrive early
9:00	5. Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunami and Related Teaching Activities (Bob Butler, Bonnie Magura, Roger Groom) Please site with your Action Team. Tables will be marked.
10:30	Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacks)
10:45	5. Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunami and Related Teaching Activities (Bob Butler, Bonnie Magura, Roger Groom)
12:00	Thoughts/questions/reflection (Bob Butler, Bonnie Magura, Roger Groom)
12:15	Lunch (Served in Columbia 221). You may eat in either room or other appropriate places around CCC.
1:00	6. Preparedness and Surviving Local Tsunami Event (Althea Rizzo)
1:45	7. Native American Oral Histories (Beth Pratt-Sitaula)
2:30	8. Exchange of Pedagogies: Interpreting the "Beauty and the Beast" Story of the Oregon Coast (Bob Lillie)
3:00	Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacks)
3:15	Reflection, Questions, Implications (Pat Corcoran, Beth Pratt-Sitaula)
4:00	Action Teams: Interpretive Program Development. Teams work on 10-minute interpretive program that they will present on Day 4.
5:30	Adjourn

Monday, October 14 (Day 4)
8:30	Coffee, tea, juice, snacks for those who arrive early
9:00	9. Digital Resources (Beth Pratt-Sitaula, Bob DeGroot)
9:45	10. Preparedness for Post-event Personal and Community Survival (Althea Rizzo)
10:30	Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacks)
10:45	Break Out Sessions	Room 221 (small room) 11. Tsunami Vertical Evacuation Structures (Roger Groom) Teachers	Room 219 (big room) Hazard Inventory (Bonnie Magura, Althea Rizzo) Interpreters & EM Educators
11:25	Break Out Sessions	Room 221 Tsunami Vertical Evacuation Structures (Roger Groom) Interpreters & EM Educators	Room 219 Hazard Inventory (Bonnie Magura, Althea Rizzo) Teachers
12:00	Lunch (Served in Columbia 221). You may eat in either room or other appropriate places around CCC.
12:45	Action Teams: Interpretive Program Presentation. Each group presents their 10-minute Interpretive Programs. Discussion after each about content and efficacy.
2:15	Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacks)
2:30	Action Teams: Collaboration and Share-a-Thon Plans. Collective discussion about the task, schedule, and logistics for each Action Team to develop their March 8, 2014 Share-a-Thon products
4:15	Post-Workshop Assessment (Michael Coe, Beth Pratt-Sitaula). Focus groups will be held by educator type (teachers, interpreters, EM educators. When you are not in a focus group, you will be taking the post-workshop survey.)
5:30	Adjourn