Collaborative Research: Featuring EarthScope in Coastal Cascadia Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards Education by Linking Teachers, Interpreters, and Emergency Managers

合作研究：通过联系教师、口译员和应急管理人员，在卡斯卡迪亚沿海地震和海啸灾害教育中使用 EarthScope

• 批准号: 1250822
• 负责人: Beth Pratt-Sitaula
• 金额: $ 19.4万
• 依托单位: Central Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-04-01 至 2018-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1250822&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Featuring; EarthScope; Coastal

The same geological forces that form the spectacular beaches and headlands of the Pacific Northwest also threaten our lives and infrastructure with earthquakes and tsunamis. This project, known as the Cascadia EarthScope, Earthquake, and Tsunami Education Program (CEETEP), helps to mitigate the effects of these potential disasters through collaboration building and professional development for K-12 teachers, park and museum interpreters, and emergency management outreach professionals in communities along the Oregon and Washington coast. The March 11, 2011 great earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan has heightened public concern about similar geologic hazards in our own country. As part of a nationwide effort, the NSF EarthScope Program has been deploying hundreds of seismic, GPS, and other geophysical instruments to measure movement of the Earth's crust and detect earthquakes along the Cascadia Subduction Zone. These instruments provide detail for ongoing research showing that coastal regions are storing energy that will be released in the next great Cascadia earthquake, with the resulting tsunami arriving onshore in 30 minutes or less. NSF and other organizations have compiled a list of Earth Science Literacy Principles that the educated public should know and appreciate (http://www.earthscienceliteracy.org). CEETEP, by drawing on EarthScope observations and results, especially helps to convey three of these concepts to students and the public: "Earth scientists use repeatable observations and testable ideas to understand and explain our planet;" "Earth is continuously changing;" and "Natural hazards pose risks to humans." Tens of thousands of Oregon and Washington residents live within severe earthquake-shaking and tsunami-inundation zones, and millions of tourists visit state and federal parks in these same areas each year. Teachers in the K-12 school systems convey some basics about geological hazards to their students, and park rangers and museum educators likewise engage visitors at their sites. Both of these groups also at times work with emergency managers. CEETEP is strengthening these efforts by providing community-based workshops that bring together all of these professionals to review the basic science of earthquakes and tsunamis, learn about EarthScope and other research efforts that monitor the dynamic Earth in the region, and develop ways to collectively engage students and the general public on the mitigation of coastal geologic hazards. The CEETEP effort involves geoscience educators from Oregon State University, Central Washington University, and the University of Portland. From 2013 to 2015, approximately eight workshops are being conducted in coastal communities of Oregon and Washington. Participating K-12 teachers and park interpreters are learning about ongoing research on Cascadia plate tectonics, earthquakes and tsunamis, and about how EarthScope is advancing frontiers of knowledge about geologic hazards in the region. Emergency management outreach leaders are also training the participants on emergency preparedness actions. Master teachers offer pedagogical guidance and ideas about assessment and interaction, while experienced interpreters discuss how to reach a variety of audiences in settings outside the classroom. This exchange of pedagogies among educators facilitates their collaboration and helps them communicate common messages about the science and mitigation of Cascadia geohazards. In follow-up share-a-thons, the teachers and interpreters showcase how they have crafted their new knowledge into Earth science and emergency preparedness learning experiences for K-12 students and visitors to parks and museums. This EarthScope educational program is critical to promoting a culture of geohazard awareness so America can prepare for and mitigate the effects of the next great Cascadia earthquake and tsunami, as well as smaller earthquakes and tsunami from distant sources.

构成太平洋西北地区壮观海滩和岬角的地质力量也威胁着我们的生活和基础设施，地震和海啸。该项目被称为Cascadia Earthscope，地震和海啸教育计划（CEETEP），有助于通过K-12教师，公园和博物馆口译员的协作建设和专业发展，以及俄勒冈州和华盛顿海岸社区的紧急事务管理专业人员的协作建设和专业发展，以减轻这些潜在的灾难的影响。 2011年3月11日，日本摧毁了日本的巨大地震和海啸加剧了公众对我们国家类似地质危害的关注。作为全国努力的一部分，NSF Earthscope计划已部署数百种地震，GP和其他地球物理仪器，以测量地球地壳的运动并检测沿卡斯卡迪亚俯冲带的地震。这些仪器为正在进行的研究提供了细节，表明沿海地区正在存储能量，这将在下一场大卡斯卡迪亚地震中释放，导致的海啸在30分钟或更短的时间内到达陆上。 NSF和其他组织已经汇编了受过教育的公众应该知道和欣赏的地球科学素养原则清单（http://www.earthscienceliteracy.org）。塞特普（Ceetep）通过借鉴地球观测和结果，尤其有助于将其中三个概念传达给学生和公众：“地球科学家使用可重复的观察结果和可检验的思想来理解和解释我们的星球；” “地球在不断变化；”和“自然危害对人类构成风险”。每年，成千上万的俄勒冈州和华盛顿居民生活在严重的地震震撼和海啸中，数百万的游客每年都在同一地区访问州和联邦公园。 K-12学校系统中的老师向学生传达了一些有关地质危害的基础知识，而Park Rangers and Museum Educters也可以吸引游客在他们的网站上。这两个小组有时还与紧急情况经理合作。 Ceetep通过提供基于社区的研讨会来加强这些努力，这些讲习班将所有这些专业人员汇集在一起​​，以审查地震和海啸的基础科学，了解地球景观和其他研究工作的研究工作，以监测该地区的动态地球，并开发与学生和普通公众有关沿海地质危害的缓解的方法。 Ceetep的工作涉及俄勒冈州立大学，华盛顿大学和波特兰大学的地球科学教育者。从2013年到2015年，在俄勒冈州和华盛顿的沿海社区举办了大约八次研讨会。参与的K-12教师和公园口译员正在学习有关Cascadia板块构造，地震和海啸的持续研究，以及地球景观如何发展有关该地区地质危害的知识的前沿。紧急管理外展领导人还正在培训参与者应急准备行动。硕士教师提供有关评估和互动的教学指导和想法，而经验丰富的口译员则讨论了如何在课堂外面的环境中吸引各种受众。教育工作者之间的这种教学法交流促进了他们的合作，并帮助他们传达有关卡斯卡迪亚地球群的科学和缓解的常见信息。在后续股份中，老师和口译员展示了他们如何为K-12学生和公园和博物馆的访客制定新的知识，并为地球科学和紧急准备学习经验。这个Earthscope教育计划对于促进地球扎华意识文化至关重要，因此美国可以为下一个大卡萨卡迪亚地震和海啸以及较小的地震和较小的地震和海啸从遥远的来源做准备和减轻影响。