Cultivating citizen scientists with seismic monitoring in Texas and New England using an affordable seismograph

PreviousNext You have accessSEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2019Cultivating citizen scientists with seismic monitoring in Texas and New England using an affordable seismographAuthors: Kristi R. FinkAlan L. KafkaKristi R. FinkTexas Educational Seismic ProjectSearch for more papers by this author and Alan L. KafkaWeston Observatory Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Boston CollegeSearch for more papers by this authorhttps://doi.org/10.1190/segam2019-3214514.1 SectionsAboutPDF/ePub ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail AbstractTexas Educational Seismic Project (TXESP), together with the Boston College Educational Seismological Project (BCESP), share a mission to take real world events and turn them into “Teachable Moments”. In pursuit of our mission, both TXESP and BCESP use seismology as an exciting medium for inviting students into the world of scientific monitoring; we are highly motivated to promote inquiry based learning through investigation of earthquakes recorded by seismographs in classrooms. It is truly fascinating that it is possible to record earthquakes that occur across Texas and New England using a new, simple seismograph – the Raspberry Shake seismograph. Seismographs record many types of ground motions: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, human-made explosions, and even local traffic! Historically, real-time earthquake monitoring and analysis required very large, high cost, and professional laboratory quality instruments. However, very recently the Raspberry Shake seismograph revolutionized citizen science capabilities. The question we ask is “Can the Raspberry Shake seismograph provide high quality data similar to other educational and laboratory seismographs?” Raspberry Shake offers a simple “plug-and-play” affordable seismograph which offers great flexibility for users. Affordability and flexibility expands opportunities for low to median income (LMI) students – giving them research experiences investigating what is recorded on their classroom seismograph and promoting a valuable positive step in the direction of inquiry-based science education and college readiness.Presentation Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2019Session Start Time: 1:50 PMPresentation Start Time: 3:05 PMLocation: Poster Station 1Presentation Type: PosterKeywords: P-wave, earthquake, interpretation, induced seismicity, monitoringPermalink: https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2019-3214514.1FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2019ISSN (print):1052-3812 ISSN (online):1949-4645Copyright: 2019 Pages: 5407 publication data© 2019 Published in electronic format with permission by the Society of Exploration GeophysicistsPublisher:Society of Exploration Geophysicists HistoryPublished Online: 10 Aug 2019 CITATION INFORMATION Kristi R. Fink and Alan L. Kafka, (2019), "Cultivating citizen scientists with seismic monitoring in Texas and New England using an affordable seismograph," SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts : 4117-4120. https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2019-3214514.1 Plain-Language Summary KeywordsP-waveearthquakeinterpretationinduced seismicitymonitoringPDF DownloadLoading ...