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Teachers on the Leading Edge: Earth Science Teacher Professional<br />
Development Featuring Pacific Northwest Earthquake and<br />
Tsunami Hazards<br />
Bob Butler (University of Portland)<br />
Teachers on the Leading Edge (TOTLE) is a professional<br />
development program for K-12 Earth Science teachers in the<br />
Pacific Northwest. TOTLE offered five-day summer workshops<br />
in 2008 – 2010 for Earth Science teachers from Oregon and<br />
Washington states. Through a problem-solving approach to<br />
active continental margin geology, teachers learn how geoscientists<br />
developed our understanding of Pacific Northwest plate<br />
tectonics, earthquakes, and volcanoes and how EarthScope<br />
research is advancing frontiers of knowledge. This cuttingedge<br />
science content learning is blended with pedagogical sessions<br />
led by award-winning TOTLE Master Teachers. Three<br />
days of classroom and computer-based studies of active continental<br />
margin geology and EarthScope science are reinforced by two field days investigating<br />
Cascadia great earthquakes and tsunamis and Cascade volcanic hazards. Participants<br />
in TOTLE workshops receive maps, posters, and experimental apparatus that greatly facilitate<br />
transfer of workshop learning to Earth Science classroom teaching.<br />
Educational software, video lectures, animations, and K-12 Earth Science lesson plans<br />
are prominently featured in TOTLE teacher workshops. Robert Butler worked extensively<br />
with Jenda Johnson (<strong>IRIS</strong> E&O) and John Lahr (USGS Emeritus Seismologist, now<br />
deceased) on compilation and organization of educational seismology resources currently<br />
published by <strong>IRIS</strong> and EarthScope as the DVD Middle School Teachers’ Guide<br />
to Earthquakes and Seismology. Michael Hubenthal (<strong>IRIS</strong> E & O) and Shelley Olds<br />
(UNAVCO E&O) attended the 2008 TOTLE – EarthScope workshop and provided<br />
insightful feedback on workshop design that led to program improvements between 2008<br />
and 2009. Butler currently works with Tammy Bravo, Jenda Johnson, and John Taber to<br />
produce teaching resources for all magnitude 7 or larger earthquakes worldwide and for<br />
smaller earthquakes of regional interest in the Pacific Northwest. All of these teaching<br />
resources are tailored for middle-school Earth Science and are posted on the <strong>IRIS</strong> Recent<br />
Earthquakes Teachable Moments web site (http://www.iris.edu/hq/retm) within four to<br />
16 hours after a notable earthquake. These teaching resources have received high acclaim<br />
from and wide use by K-12 Earth Science teachers across the US. Teachers on the Leading<br />
Edge personnel look forward to many years of fruitful collaborations with <strong>IRIS</strong> Education<br />
and Outreach.<br />
Exploring Mt Hood volcanic history and hazards.<br />
Examining the ghost forest produced by<br />
the 1700 great Cascadia earthquake.<br />
Acknowledgements: Teachers on the Leading Edge is supported by a grant from the NSF EarthScope<br />
Program. Collaborations with <strong>IRIS</strong> Education and Outreach, the US Geological Survey, and the<br />
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries have been essential to the development<br />
of TOTLE.<br />
Brian Atwater (USGS Seattle) explaining<br />
Cascadia tsunami geology along the<br />
banks of the Copalis River near the central<br />
Washington coast.<br />
2010 <strong>IRIS</strong> Core Programs Proposal | <strong>Volume</strong> <strong>II</strong> | education and outreach | <strong>II</strong>-25
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