August 2015 - Coos Bay, OR

Coos Bay Workshop

South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Visitor Center
August 10-13, 2015

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 (Sue Graves)
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 (Sue Graves)
Native American Oral Histories (Beth Pratt Sitaula)
Exchange of Pedagogies: Working Together in Coastal Communities to Engage Learners (Beth Pratt-Sitaula)
Digital Resources (Beth Pratt-Sitaula, Bob DeGroot)
Preparedness for Post-event Personal and Community Survival (Sue Graves)
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 South Slough Estuary to explore tsunami geology. Participants observed tsunami geology by coring into the salt marsh and finding sand layers and evidence of land level changes during the last great earthquake and tsunami in January of 1700. Next we visited Shore Acres State Park to discuss the challenges and opportunities from teaching about hazards in an outdoor setting. We also got a chance to look at evidence of plate tectonic action that has tipped the once-flat sedimentary rocks up at an angle. In Bandon participants practiced a tsunami evacuation walk, discussed how to improve community resilience, and toured the outside of an emergency supply cache. The last visit was to GPS and seismic stations at the Bandon Airport, where participants learned how EarthScope instrumentation continuously measures and transmits data on plate-tectonic movements.
Coos Bay 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 2016 Share-a-Thon

Agenda Coos Bay 2015

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Cascadia EarthScope Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program (CEETEP)

Workshop for Teachers, Interpreters, and Emergency Management Educators

August 10-13, 2015

South Slough NERR Visitor Center

Primary room: Auditorium
Secondary room: Downstairs classroom

Monday, August 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 (Sue Graves) Introduction to Quake Catcher Network and the Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill (Bob de Groot) Associated videos & animations: Big Bang Theory Emergency Drill Scene 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, Sue Graves)
5:30	Adjourn

Tuesday, August 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 South Slough NERR (designated car pools will be arranged Day 1)
8:10	Stop 1: South Slough Estuary (Bob Butler, Roger Groom)	Tsunami Geology	Core for buried soils and discuss the varied evidence used to determine Cascadia's Great Quake and tsunami history.
11:00	Drive to Shore Acres State Park
11:20	Stop 2: Interpretive site (Nancee Hunter)	Beauty and the Beast; Interpreting hazard topics	Includes time to think about and discuss hazards, infrastructure, and solutions.
12:20	Lunch: Shore Acres State Park picnic area
1:00	Drive to Bandon's Coquille Point Beach Access
1:45	Stop 3: Evacuation Walk (Sue Graves, Michael Murphy)	Tsunami Evacuation Route	Walk from Grayland Beach to Turkey Road Assembly Area. Includes time to think about and discuss hazards, infrastructure, solutions.
3:00	Drive to GPS station
3:15	Stop 4: GPS Station P364 (Beth Pratt-Sitaula)	GPS Station	Visit component of EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) and EarthScope seimometer and discuss how movements of Earth's surface tell us about earthquake hazard.
4:00	Drive back to South Slough
4:30	Adjourn

Wednesday, August 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 (Sue Graves) 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 & Sue Graves; 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 5, 2015 Share-A-Thon in Crescent City, CA.
5:30	Adjourn

Thursday, August 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
9:55	10. Preparedness for Post-event Personal and Community Survival (Sue Graves)
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, Sue Graves) 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, Sue Graves) 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