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LOCATION:San Antonio\, TX
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SUMMARY:NSTA National Convention\, San Antonio\, TX
DESCRIPTION:Annually\, IRIS EPO staff faciliate several professional deve
 lopment workshops at the National NSTA Convention. These ses
 sions\, based around lessons and reseources developed by the 
 IRIS Consortium\, are designed to improve teachers’ seismol
 ogical content knowledge\, pedagogical content knowledge\, and
  pedagogical skills.  The workshop also modelss the use of 
 the resources so teachers can effectively implement the acti
 vities in their own classrooms.  Please visit one of our se
 ssions\, listed below\, or see us at Booth #1241 in the conven
 tion hall.\n\n	\n\n	Thursday\, April 11 \n\n	\n\n	12:30–1:30 PM\n\n	U
 se Seismic Data From a Recent Earthquake to Discover and Mea
 sure the Size of Earth's Layered Interior\n\n	Students constru
 ct a simple theoretical model of Earth's interior\, compare t
 his to seismic data (free online) from recent newsworthy ear
 thquakes\, and discover its layered interior!\n\n	Location: Hen
 ry B. Gonzalez Convention Center\, 101B\n\n	Presenter(s): Micha
 el Gallagher (Oakland Schools: Waterford\, MI)\; Michael Huben
 thal (IRIS Consortium: Washington\, DC)\n\n	\n\n	Friday\, April 12
  \n\n	\n\n	8:00–9:00 AM\n\n	The IRIS In-Class Project: Free Seis
 mology Learning Sequences Accompanied by Online Professional
  Development\n\n	Explore a collection of hands-on 5E (Engage\, 
 Explore\, Explain\, Elaborate\, and Evaluate) learning sequence
 s featuring videos\, animations\, and visualizations. Topics r
 ange from earthquakes to Earth structure\, and in-depth explo
 rations of individual subtopics.\n\n	Location: Henry B. Gonzal
 ez Convention Center\, 001B\n\n	Presenter(s): Michael Hubenthal
  (IRIS Consortium: Washington\, DC)\; Tammy Bravo (IRIS Consor
 tium: Washington\, DC)\n\n	9:30–10:30 AM\n\n	NESTA Geology Shar
 e-A-Thon\n\n	Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center\, Ba
 llroom A\n\n	Presenter: Patrick J. McQuillan (IRIS Consortium:
  Washington\, DC)\n\n	12:30 PM to 1:30 PM\n\n	NESTA Earth System 
 Science Share-A-Thon\n\n	\n\n	Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Conven
 tion Center\, Ballroom A\n\n	Presenter: Tammy Bravo (IRIS Conso
 rtium: Washington\, DC)\n\n	12:30–1:30 PM\n\n	Silent Earthquake
 s Beneath Your Feet? How a Magnitude 7 Earthquake Can Occur 
 Without Being Felt by Anyone! \n\n	Explore the world beneath t
 he Pacific Northwest and discover how new science has detect
 ed "slow earthquakes" using high-precision GPS and seismic d
 ata.\n\n	\n\n	Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center\, 001
 A\n\n	Presenter(s): Shelley E. Olds (UNAVCO: Boulder\, CO)\; Nan
 cy W. West (Quarter Dome Consulting\, LLC: Fort Collins\, CO)\;
  Patrick J. McQuillan (IRIS: Washington\, DC)\n\n	Saturday\, Apr
 il 13 \n\n	\n\n	9:30–10:30 AM\n\n	Beyond the Slinky: Sequencing 
 Activities\, Earthquake Visualizations\, and Demonstrations to
  Enhance Student Learning of Seismic Waves\n\n	Boing! Come enh
 ance your slinky technique and explore additional seismic wa
 ve models. Investigate ground motion visualizations from rec
 ent earthquakes and learn to effectively sequence these mode
 ls for powerful learning.\n\n	\n\n	Location: Henry B. Gonzalez C
 onvention Center\, 003A\n\n	Presenter(s): John Taber (IRIS Cons
 ortium: Washington\, DC)\n\n	2:00–6:00 PM\n\n	SC-19: Explore th
 e World Beneath Your Feet Using Modern Technologies to Learn
  About Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes - Ticketed Event: $44
  advance\; $49 on-site\n\n	Purchase tickets when you register o
 nline or on the San Antonio Advance Registration Form.\n\n	Eng
 age in hands-on activities that can be used in your classroo
 ms to teach about plate tectonics and earthquakes in Earth a
 nd physical sciences disciplines. Using data-rich\, place-bas
 ed activities\, you will practice using modern high-precision
  GPS and seismic technologies and data to explore how plates
  slide\, twist\, bind\, and crumple. Join us as we connect the 
 science to society by investigating these processes and how 
 plate motion results in volcanic\, tsunami\, and earthquake ha
 zards. The activities are designed to enhance students’ ba
 sic science inquiry skills through data explorations using m
 ultiple lines of evidence\, maps with multiple types of data\,
  and assessment of data quality. In addition\, the materials 
 will draw attention to new discoveries yielded through high-
 precision GPS and seismology to provide students with case s
 tudies highlighting the scientific process. While not requir
 ed\, it is useful to bring your laptop. For more information.
 \n\n	\n\n	Location: Hilton Palacio del Rio\, La Reina\n\n	Presenter
 (s): Shelley E. Olds (UNAVCO: Boulder\, CO)\; John Taber & Mic
 hael Hubenthal (IRIS: Washington\, DC)\; Nancy West (Quarter D
 ome: Fort Collins\, CO
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