Spreading Seismobox in Hellenic Schools
Authors: Danaskos Fotios 
Published: March 2020

&lt;p&gt;Teaching the Geology course at my school and implementing each year Environmental programs focused on Geosciences, we dared with my students to participate in the CRL WORKSHOP.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We tried to give simple answers to the main questions that trigger the Earthquake phenomenon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is an earthquake? Most of the people believe that an earthquake is a shake of the surface of the Earth as a result of the sudden movement of the ground.&amp;#160; During this release of energy seismic waves travel in the Earth's lithosphere.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is an earthquake predictable, when, where, how big the next earthquake will be? These are the questions everybody asks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Consequences of an earthquake? Which houses are more susceptible to ground vibrations and what kind of house should I have in order not to be scared&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The answer is: &lt;strong&gt;No, they are all at risk!! &amp;#160;&amp;#160; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Because of Plates Tectonics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using the know-how and knowledge gained in &lt;strong&gt;CRL 2018 - 2019&lt;/strong&gt;, we built our uploaded &lt;strong&gt;SEISMOBOX&lt;/strong&gt; and replica / models of the tectonic plates. Using the SEISMOBOX during the course, I managed to explain the phenomenon of earthquake and in the long run to achieve the main objectives and goals of the program:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stimulate students (citizens of tomorrow) to the knowledge of earthquake as a natural phenomenon&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;To sensitize students to the consequences that an earthquake may have on buildings in relation to the type of soil (rock) on which buildings are constructed and the type of buildings itself.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;To raise awareness of school teachers to use new educational techniques in order to educate students&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;To make all teachers aware of the use of new educational tools in order to understand and deepen students' understanding of a phenomenon that ranks our country first among Mediterranean countries in earthquake action.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also by using this educational tool, the students succeeded:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;#160;to build a seismic table&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;create an earthquake on their own and&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;record and monitor its effects on anthropogenic construction understanding the earthquake phenomenon.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Capitalizing the knowledge and educational techniques I learned during the CRL School, I used SEISMOBOX in order to approach students and make them sociable in the earthquake. During the course in the classroom, with the help of Dr Francesca Cifelli, I made it more accessible to the pupils and teachers involved in Hellenic educational system.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Through the implementation of our environmental programs, we began disseminating this educational tool to partner schools and spread SEISMOBOX to several schools in Hellas. &amp;#160;Our goal is to reach it in every school in our country through the Sch.gr and OSOS platform.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In relation to the educational level of our students we focused on the best teaching performance and it was done with the purpose to understand the phenomenon of earthquakes and the impact on human structures.&lt;/p&gt;