October 2014 - Forks, WA

Forks Workshop

Olympic Natural Resources Center
October 10-13, 2014

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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Related videos and animations can be found in the Detailed Agenda and on the workshop DVDs.
Introductions: CEETEP, EarthScope, Participants, Instructors (Beth Pratt-Sitaula)
Beauty and the Beast: Plate Tectonics and Geological Hazards of the Pacific Northwest (Bob Butler)
Basics of Earthquake and Tsunami Science and Hazards and Related Teaching Activities (Bob Butler, Bonnie Magura, Roger Groom)
Surviving a Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake (Brynne Walker)
Introduction to Quake Catcher Network and the Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill (Bob DeGroot)
Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunami and Related Teaching Activities (Bob Butler, Bonnie Magura, Roger Groom)
Tsunami Are You Ready (Brynne Walker)
Native American Oral Histories (Beth Pratt Sitaula)
Exchange of Pedagogies: Working Together in Coastal Communities to Engage Learners (Nancee Hunter)
Digital Resources (Beth Pratt-Sitaula, Bob DeGroot)
Preparedness for Post-event Personal and Community Survival (Brynne Walker)
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. Related animations and other teaching resources to these presentations and activities can be found on the Detailed Agenda and Teaching Resources pages.

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Field Trip:

The field trip day began with a visit to the Waatch Prairie Estuary to explore tsunami geology with 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 that shows evidence of land level changes during the last great earthquake and tsunami in January of 1700. Next Makah Nation Emergency Management Coordinator, Andrew Wincke, and the Washington State Tsunami Program Coordinator, Brynne Walker, led the group on a tsunami evacuation drill to the nearest safe area. There participants were able to visit one of the Makah Tribe Incident Command Posts and Emergency Supply Facility. During lunch and the early afternoon participants visited the Makah Cultural and Research Center to hear talks by Paul Gleeson and Nancee Hunter on the topic of teaching and interpreting about geohazards in an empowering way. The last visit was to the GPS station at the Quillayute Airport, where participants learned how EarthScope instrumentation continuously measures and transmits data on plate-tectonic movements.
Forks 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 on their plans for post-workshop projects which they would present about at the March 2015 Share-a-Thon

Agenda Forks 2014

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Cascadia EarthScope Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program (CEETEP)

Workshop for Teachers, Interpreters, and Emergency Management Educators

October 10-13, 2014

Olympic Natural Resources Center

Primary room: Hemlock Forest Room
Secondary room: Library

Friday, October 10 (Day 1)
Cascadia plate tectonics, earthquakes and tsunamis; Seismic and GPS monitoring: Earthquake and distant tsunami preparedness
8:30	Coffee, tea, juice, snacks for those who arrive early
9:00	1. Introductions: CEETEP, EarthScope, Participants, Instructors (Beth Pratt-Sitaula)
10:15	Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacks)
10:30	2. Beauty and the Beast: Plate Tectonics and Geological Hazards of the Pacific Northwest (Bob Butler) Associated animations and videos: faults, terrane accretion, pillow basalts - zipped
12:00	Thoughts/questions/reflection (Bob Butler, Beth Pratt-Sitaula)
12:15	Lunch (Served in Social Room)
1:00	3. Basics of Earthquake and Tsunami Science and Hazards (Bob Butler, Bonnie Magura, Roger Groom) Associated animations: Basic earthquake animations [.zip] USArray movies Understanding moment magnitude animation
3:15	Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacks)
3:30	4. Surviving a Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake (Brynné Walker) Introduction to Quake Catcher Network and the Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill (Bob de Groot) Associated videos & animations: Big Bang Theory Emergency Drill Scene Liquification in Japan and New Zealand ShakeOut YouTube channel ShakeOut hypothetical rupture in SoCal
4:30	Forms: Reimbursements; Stipends; Photo Permissions; Logistics for Day 2 Field Trip (Nancee Hunter, Beth Pratt-Sitaula)
4:45	Reflection, Questions, Implications (Beth Pratt-Sitaula, Brynné Walker)
5:30	Adjourn

Saturday, October 11 (Day 2)		Field Trip Guide
Field Trip: Cascadia earthquake and tsunami geology; EarthScope GPS installation; Earthquake and tsunami emergency planning
7:30	Coffee, tea, juice, snacks for those who arrive early
8:00	Depart ONRC (designated car pools will be arranged Day 1)
8:30	Stop 1: Waatch Prairie (Brian Atwater, David Yamaguchi, Bob Butler)	Tsunami Geology	Core for buried soils and discuss the varied evidence used to determine Cascadia's Great Quake and tsunami history.
10:50	Drive to Makah Senior Center
11:00	Stop 2: Evacuation walk (Brynné Walker, Paula Akerlund, and Cale Ash)	Tsunami Evacuation Route	Includes time to think about and discuss hazards, infrastructure, and solutions.
12:15	Drive to Makah Cultural and Research Center
12:30	Lunch: Makah Cultrual and Reserach Center
1:00	Stop 3: Interpretive site (Nancee Hunter, Paul Gleeson)	Beauty and the Beast; Interpreting hazard topics; Ozette landslide	Brainstorm about interpretive opportunities and presentation on the Ozette landslide.
2:00	Drive to GPS station		Walk from Grayland Beach to Turkey Road Assembly Area. Includes time to think about and discuss hazards, infrastructure, solutions.
3:20	Stop 4: GPS Station P401 (Beth Pratt-Sitaula)	GPS Stations	Visit component of EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) and discuss how movements of Earth's surface tell us about earthquake hazard. Watch a NOAA weather balloon launch.
4:10	Drive back to ONRC
4:30	Adjourn

Sunday, October 12 (Day 3)
Cascadia earthquake and tsunami science and activities; Local tsunami preparedness; Native American oral histories; Pedagogical exchange among educators; Action Team planning
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) Associated animations: Japan 2011 Tsunami NOAA Making of a Ghost Forest Turbidity Flow [.mov] Cascadia Turbidite History GPS and Future Earthquakes [.mp4] Episodic Tremor and Slip Types of Subduction Zone Movement [.mov] Earthquake Early Warning System Cascadia [.mp4] Tsunamis Generated by Megathrust Earthquakes
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 Social Room)
1:00	6. Tsunami: Are You Ready (Brynné Walker) Tsunami Basics video - NOAA
1:45	7. Native American Oral Histories (Beth Pratt-Sitaula) Associated videos: Run to High Ground Thunder Bird and Killer Whale: a Tillimook Indian Legend Creation Story of Gabrielino-Tongva People of California
2:30	Science Storytelling through Interpretation: CEETEP team presents examples of "Group Interpretive Program" from 2013 Workshop
2.45	Birds-of-a-Feather Breakouts: How do I relate earthquake/tsunami science and preparedness to my learners at my venue? (Interpreters: Nancee Hunter & Bob de Groot; EM Educators: Beth Pratt-Sitaula & Brynné Walker; Teachers: Bob Butler, Bonnie Magura, Roger Groom)
3:30	Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacks)
3:45	8. Exchange of Pedagogies: Working Together in Coastal Communities to Engage Students, Visitors and Residents on Earthquake and Tsunami Science and Preparedness (Nancee Hunter)
4:15	Action Teams: Teams work on Community Educational Project on earthquake and tsunami science and preparedness. They will present their project plan during Day 4 of this workshop, and the results of implementation at the March 7, 2015 Share-A-Thon in Quinault, WA.
5:30	Adjourn

Monday, October 13 (Day 4)
Community earthquake and tsunami preparedness; Action Team presentations and postworkshop action plans
8:30	Coffee, tea, juice, snacks for those who arrive early
9:00	9. Digital Resources (Beth Pratt-Sitaula, Bob DeGroot) Digital resources handout [docx]
9:55	10. Preparedness for Post-event Personal and Community Survival (Brynné Walker)
10:40	Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacks)
10:55	Break Out Sessions	Hemlock Forest Room (big room) 11. Tsunami Vertical Evacuation Structures (Roger Groom) Associated resources: Tsunami Forces & Structural Design for Vertical Evacuation (FEMA, NOAA) Seaside Oregon without vertical evacuation towers Seaside Oregon with vertical evacuation towers FEMA P646 Guidelines for Design of Structures for Vertical Evacuation from Tsunamis FEMA P646 Vertical Evacuation from Tsunamis: A Guide for Community Officials Teachers	Library Hazard Inventory (Bonnie Magura, Brynné Walker) Interpreters & EM Educators
11:45	Break Out Sessions	Hemlock Forest Room (big room) Tsunami Vertical Evacuation Structures (Roger Groom) Interpreters & EM Educators	Library Hazard Inventory (Bonnie Magura, Brynné Walker) Teachers
12:30	Lunch (Served in Social Room)
1:15	Action Teams: Final preparations for presentations and discussion about the task, schedule, and logistics for each Action Team to develop their March 7, 2015 Share-a-Thon products.
2:30	Action Teams: Present their ideas for development of Community Educational Programs on earthquake/tsunami science and preparedness. 15 minutes total per group (10 minutes presentation; 5 minutes discussion). Groups are encouraged to model how they will present specific concepts in different educational settings.
3:45	Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacks)
4:00	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