August 2013 - Newport, OR

CEETEP participants from August 2013 workshop at GPS station P367 (Newport Oregon Airport) showing the direction of plate motion relative to stable North American (northeast)Newport Workshop

August 12-15, 2013
OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center

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 (Bob Lillie)
 
Beauty and the Beast: Plate Tectonics and Geological Hazards of the Pacific Northwest (Bob Lillie)
Basics of Earthquake and Tsunami Science and Hazards (Bob Butler)
Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunamis (Bob Butler)
UNAVCO Education and Outreach (Shelley Olds)
Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Education and Outreach (Bob deGroot)
Native American Oral Histories (Beth Pratt Sitaula)
Exchange of Pedagogies: Interpreting the "Beauty and the Beast" Story of the Oregon Coast (Bob Lillie)
Emergency Management (Sue Graves)

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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1-Human Waves Demonstrate How Seismic Waves Travel

2-Foam Faults
3-SeismicWaves and SeismicEruption
4-Plotting Earthquake Epicenters
5-Earthquake Location
6-USArray Seismic Wave Visualizations
7-World Map of Plate Boundaries
8-Seismic Slinky
9-Earthquake Machine
10-Pasta Quake
11-Earthquake Hazard Maps & Liquefaction
12-Build a Better Wall
13-Base Isolation for Earthquake Resistance
14-Pacific Northwest Tectonic Block Model
15-Cascadia GPS (Gumdrop GPS)
16-Advanced GPS Activity—Locked & Loading
17-ETS (Episodic Tremor & Slip)
18-BOSS Model
19-Types of Pacific NW Earthquakes & the BOSS Model
20-Cascadia Tsunami Geology Photo
21-Turbidites in a Jar
22-Cupcake Geology 
23-Dendrochronology
24-Tsunamis and Floods in Native American Oral Tradition and Mythology
25-Emergency Backpack and Emergency Planning
26-Earthquake Hazard Inventory & Mitigation Planning
27-Investigating Factors Affecting Tsunami Inundation—A Science Inquiry
28-Tsunami Vertical Evacuation Structures
29-GPS Cards
30-Next Generation Science Standards

Field Trip:

The field trip day started with an exploration of buried tsunami sand and intertidal marsh soil layers from the last great earthquake and tsunami in January of 1700.  The group traveled by boat to the south bank of the Salmon River near Camp West Wind, 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.  They then visited Beverly Beach State Park to learn about how the 1964 Great Alaska earthquake and tsunami impacted this area.  The GPS station located at the Newport Airport provided an opportunity to learn how EarthScope instrumentation continuously measures and transmits data on plate-tectonic movements.  A tsunami evacuation walk to “Evacuation Hill” at the south end of the Yaquina Bay Bridge brought home the very real dangers and need for preparation by visitors and residents on the Oregon Coast.  The field trip ended with a tour of earthquake and tsunami exhibits at the Hatfield Marine Science Visitor Center. 

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 Newport 2013

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Cascadia EarthScope Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program (CEETEP)

Workshop for Teachers, Interpreters, and Emergency Management Educators

August 12-15, 2013

Guin Library Seminar Room

OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, Oregon

Monday, Aug. 12 (Day 1)

  Guin Library Seminar Room Guin Library Seminar Room HMSC Room 36
8:30  Coffee, tea, juice, snacks for those who arrive early    
9:00  1. Introductions: CEETEP, EarthScope, Participants, Instructors (Bob Lillie)    
9:45  2. Beauty and the Beast: Plate Tectonics and Geological Hazards of the Pacific Northwest (Bob Lillie)    
11:00  Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacks)    
11:15  Breakouts (according to Action Teams)

 1A: Seismic Eruption Program

(Action Teams 1, 4, 6)

 1B: Earthquake Machine; Foam Faults; Plate Boundaries in the Pacific Northwest

(Action Teams 2, 3, 5)

11:40  Breakouts (Change Rooms)

 1A: Seismic Eruption Program 

(Action Teams 2, 3, 5)

 1B: Earthquake Machine; Foam Faults; Plate Boundaries in the Pacific Northwest 

(Action Teams 1, 4, 6)

Dining Hall
12:00 Action Teams: Team Building (During Lunch)  Break into six Action Teams of 4-6 participants. Each team will have at least 1 teacher, 1 interpreter, and 1 EM educator. Teams have been assigned in advance, with effort to have each team represent a community or portion of the Oregon Coast. Each team will also have a technical advisor (Bob Butler, Bob Lillie, Beth Pratt-Sitaula, Nancee Hunter, Bonnie Magura, Roger Groom). Teams will present 10-minute interpretive programs on Day 4, and they will continue to work together on products for the March Share-a-Thon. Activity: Tangible observations and intangible meanings. Each team will be given an object. Each member will discuss how they would present the object and the stories it has to tell to their audience (students; park/museum visitors; othermembers of the public).

Potential objects:
1. Piece of tsunami dock
2. Basalt pillow
3. Tsunami evacuation sign
4. Seismometer
5. Photo of GPS Monument
6. Sketch of Native American object, such as a canoe from the year 1700

1:00 3. Basics of Earthquake and Tsunami Science and Hazards (Bob Butler)    
2:45 Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacks)    
3:00 Breakouts (according to Action Teams)

 2A: Pasta Quake; Seismic Slinky; Epicenter Triangulation

(Action Teams 1, 2, 3)

 2B: Relative Earthquake Hazars Maps; Build a Better Wall

(Action Teams 4, 5, 6)

3:45 Breakouts (Change Rooms)

 2A: Pasta Quake; Seismic Slinky; Epicenter Triangulation 

(Action Teams 4, 5, 6)

 2B: Relative Earthquake Hazars Maps; Build a Better Wall 

(Action Teams 1, 2, 3)

4:30 Forms: Reimbursements; Stipends; Photo Permissions; etc.    
4:45 Reflection, Questions, Planning (Kip Ault, Sue Graves, Beth Pratt-Sitaula)    
5:30 Adjourn    

 

Tuesday, Aug. 13 (Day 2)

Field Trip Activities
8:30 Coffee, tea, juice, snacks for those who arrive early    
9:00 Department Hatfield Marine Science Center for Field Trip (school bus)    
10:30 Stop 1: Salmon River (Brian Atwater; Bob Butler) Tsunami Sand Deposits (Westwind will ferry us across the Salmon River) http://www.westwind.org
12:30 Lunch on the bus while in transit    
1:30 Stop 2: Beverly Beach State Park (Bob Lillie; Roger Groom) Beauty and the Beast Brainstorm about interpretive hikes and school field trips while walking the beach
3:15 Stop 3: Newport Airport (Ken Austin; Shelley Olds) GPS Station Visit component of EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO)
3:45 Return to Hatfield Marine Science Center    
4:00 Stop 4: Walk from Hatfield Marine Science Center (Sue Graves; Beth Pratt-Sitaula) Tsunami Evacuation Route We'll walk the actual evacuation route from HMSC. Includes time to think about and discuss hazards, infrastructure, solutions.
4:45 Walk back to Hatfield Marine Science Center    
5:00 Stop 5: Hatfield Marine Science Center (Bill Hanshumaker; Shelley Olds) Interpreting Earthquake/Tsunami Science and Preparedness Tsunami Dock Exhibit; Wave Tanks; Active Earth Kiosk; UNAVCO Interpretive Exhibit
5:30 Adjourn    

 

Wednesday, Aug. 14 (Day 3)

  Guin Library Seminar Room Guin Library Seminar Room HMSC Room 36
8:30  Coffee, tea, juice, snacks for those who arrive early    
9:00 4. Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunamis (Bob Butler)    
10:30 Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacks)    
10:45 Breakouts (according to Action Teams)

3A: GPS Gumdrop; EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO): Locked & Loading; Episodic Tremor and Slip (ETS); GPS Cards 

(Action Teams 1, 3, 5)

3B: Cascadia Tsunami Geology; Investigating Factors Affecting Tsunami Inundation; Tsunami Inundation Maps  

(Action Teams 2, 4, 6)

11:30 Breakouts (Change Rooms)

3A: GPS Gumdrop; EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO): Locked & Loading; Episodic Tremor and Slip (ETS); GPS Cards

(Action Teams 2, 4, 6)

3B: Cascadia Tsunami Geology; Investigating Factors Affecting Tsunami Inundation; Tsunami Inundation Maps

(Action Teams 1, 3, 5)

12:15 Lunch (Dining Hall)    
1:00 5. UNAVCO Education and Outreach (Shelley Olds)    
1:30 6. Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Education and Outreach (Bob deGroot)    
2:00 7. Native American Oral Histories (Beth Pratt-Sitaula)    
2:45 Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacksk)    
3:00 8. Exchange of Pedagogies: Interpreting the "Beauty and the Beast" Story of the Oregon Coast (Bob Lillie)    
3:30 Action Teams: Interpretive Program Development Groups continue to develop the 10-minute interpretive programs that they will present on Day 4
4:30 Collect Forms (Reimbursements; Stipends; Photo Permissions; etc.)    
4:45 Discussion and reflection on interdisciplinary professional development approach (Kip Ault)    
5:30 Adjourn    

 

Thursday, Aug. 15 (Day 4)

  Guin Library Seminar Room Guin Library Seminar Room HMSC Room 36
8:30  Coffee, tea, juice, snacks for those who arrive early    
9:00 9. Emergency Management (Sue Graves)    
10:30 Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacks)    
10:45 Breakouts (according to Action Teams)

4A: Hazard Inventory and Emergency Backpacks 

(Action Teams 2, 3, 4)

4B: Vertical Evacuation from Tsunamis 

(Action Teams 1, 5, 6)

11:30 Breakouts (Change Rooms)

4A: Hazard Inventory and Emergency Backpacks

(Action Teams 1, 5, 6)

4B: Vertical Evacuation from Tsunamis

(Action Teams 2, 3, 4)

Dining Hall for rest of the day
12:15 Lunch - Sit by educator type (teachers; interpreters; EM educators). Tables will be marked for you. Sit by educator type (TEACHERS; INTERPRETERS; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EDUCATORS). TAbles will be marked for you. (The external evaluator will hold two focus group meetings for the TEACHERS)
1:00 Action Teams: Interpretive Program Presentation Each group presents their 10-minute Interpretive Programs. Discussion after each about content and efficacy
3:00 Break (Coffee, tea, juice, snacks)  
3:15 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 (Kip Ault)  (There will also be focus gruops for INTERPRETERS and EM EDUCATORS prior to doing the assessment
5:30 Adjourn