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SUMMARY:Professional Development for Teachers @ National Science Tea
 cher Association National Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Schedule of IRIS Lead One-Hour Sessions\nThursday\, March 19\n\n
 3:30–4:30 PM\nLocating Earthquakes Using Recent Seismic Dat
 a\nLocation: Sheraton New Orleans\, Napoleon C3\nDo your studen
 ts locate earthquakes by picking P and S arrivals from old t
 extbook seismograms? Come learn how to access online data fr
 om newsworthy earthquakes.\nPresenter(s): Lawrence W. Braile 
 (Purdue University: West Lafayette\, IN)\; Michael Hubenthal (
 IRIS Consortium: Washington\, DC)\; Juan M. Lorenzo (Louisiana
  State University: Baton Rouge\, LA)\nFriday\, March 20\n\n8:00â€
 “9:00 AM\nWhy Can't Scientists Predict Earthquakes?\nSheraton 
 New Orleans\, Napoleon C3    \nExplore the issues surroundi
 ng earthquake prediction with your students through an activ
 ity that allows students to examine the rates of earthquake 
 occurrences around the world.\nPresenter(s): John Taber (IRIS
  Consortium: Washington\, DC)\; Michael Wysession (Washington 
 University in St. Louis: St. Louis\, MO)\n\n9:30–10:30 AM\nDis
 covering Earth's Layered Interior with Seismic Waves—Final
 ly an Activity That Addresses This Standard!\nSheraton New Or
 leans\, Napoleon C3    \nExplore new discoveries about Eart
 h's dynamic interior through an activity that allows student
 s to discover\, or dispel the presence of Earth's layers usin
 g seismic data.\nPresenter(s): Michael Hubenthal (IRIS Consor
 tium: Washington\, DC)\; Michael Wysession (Washington Univers
 ity in St. Louis: St. Louis\, MO)\n\n9:30AM - 10:30AM\nNational 
 Earth Science Teachers Association Geology Share-a-thon\nNew 
 Orleans Marriott\, Bissone\nSaturday\, March 21\, 2009\n\n9:30 AM 
 - 10:30 AM\nNational Earth Science Teachers Association Natur
 al Hazards and the Environment Share-a-thon\nNew Orleans Marr
 iott\, Bissonet\n\n12:30–1:30 PM\nTeaching Core Physics Concep
 ts Through the Lens of Seismology\nSheraton New Orleans\, Salo
 n 816 & 820    \nLooking to add relevance to physics topic
 s like resonance\, frequency\, period\, amplitude\, and vectors?
  The lens of seismology provides many opportunities to enric
 h current instructional strategies.\nPresenter(s): Michael Hu
 benthal (IRIS Consortium: Washington\, DC)\; John Taber (IRIS 
 Consortium: Washington\, DC)\n\n3:30–4:30 PM\nDetermining What
  Is Beneath Our Feet: Applying the Reflection and Refraction
  of Waves (IRIS)\nSheraton New Orleans\, Salon 816 & 820   
  \nExplore how seismic refraction surveys reveal shallow eart
 h structure by participating in innovative activities design
 ed as extensions to your current wave/optics labs.\nPresenter
 (s): John Taber (IRIS Consortium: Washington\, DC)\; Juan M. L
 orenzo (Louisiana State University: Baton Rouge\, LA)\n\n5:00â€
 “6:00 PM\nMaking Waves: Seismic Wave Activities and Demonstra
 tions\nSheraton New Orleans\, Bayside C\nPresenter(s): Michael 
 Hubenthal (IRIS Consortium: Washington\, DC)\; John Taber (IRI
 S Consortium: Washington\, DC)
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