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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