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within the 2003 (or 2004 or 2005) folder will remain compressed (zip) files. The AmaSeis program
uses the files in this form (opening and saving) in order to minimize data storage space on your hard
drive.
Figure 77. WinZip Extract screen that allows one to navigate to the desired location for writing the
2003 folder.
Place the 2003, 2004 or 2005 folder in the AmaSeis folder. (If you have recorded data from an
AS-1 on your computer during 2003, 2004 or 2005, be sure to not copy the WLIN 2003, 2004
or 2005 data file over your 2003, 2004 or 2005 folder. You can download the WLIN 2003
folder and preserve your 2003, 2004 or 2005 folder by temporarily moving your 2003, 2004 or
2005 folder to another folder or by temporarily renaming it.) You can now run AmaSeis and
view the 2003, 2004 or 2005 WLIN data as if these data were originally recorded on your computer.
9. A note on connections to national education standards: This tutorial/website is primarily a
resource for understanding the use of the AmaSeis software and related data access tools so that
seismic data can be used to learn about earthquakes, seismology and related Earth science. This
software, the included tools and the data sources will allow the user to perform educational
activities related to earthquakes and seismology and to explore real seismological data. Activities
and lessons related to earthquake location, wave and energy propagation, natural hazards, data
analysis and interpretation, and use of technology can be utilized with these resources. These
activities, skills and topics are included in Teaching Standards, Earth science and physical science
Content Standards of the National Science Education Standards (NSES; NRC, 1996) as listed
below.
Teaching Standards: inquiry-based (A, B).
Professional Development Standards: opportunity for learning new Earth science content (A, C).
Content Standards: Science as Inquiry – practice inquiry and fundamental science skills (grades
5-8 and 9-12, A); Physical Science – properties of matter, motion, transfer of energy (grades 5-8,
B), structure of matter, motion, interactions of energy and matter (grades 9-12, B); Earth and
Space Science – relate to energy in the Earth system (grades 9-12, D).