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program focused on earthquakes, with seven of the monthly focus sheets based on the “seven steps
to earthquake safety” in Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country. SCEC provided the Spanish
version of the seven steps text also, and coordinated the translation of the five other monthly focus
sheets for 2006.
Use of SCEC Community Modeling Environment (CME) Products. Many SCEC CME products
are being used in public presentations, webpages (scec.org, earthquakecountry.info, etc.), printed
publications such as Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country (English and Spanish), our
“Earthquake Country – Los Angeles” DVD (“LA3D” animations) and in other venues to
communicate earthquake hazards and encourage
preparedness. These products, including the SCEC
Terashake simulations, Puente Hills earthquake
simulation, and Community Fault Model (CFM),
have also had extensive media coverage through
press briefings, reporters attending the SCEC
Annual Meeting, and television documentaries,
and have been used frequently as background
imagery in many news stories. Each earthquake
simulation is not just a scientific hypothesis, but a
visualization of a potential real earthquake that
could cause extensive damage and loss of life beyond what has been experienced in southern
California previously. SCEC CME visualizations help the public understand how the shaking they
may experience will be very intense, and how long it will last. These visualizations were featured
extensively in the National Geographic Channel documentary “Killer Quake,” which presented
SCEC Terashake and Puente Hills animations, along with SCEC VDO fault movies.
Education Program
SCEC and its expanding network of education partners are committed to fostering increasing
earthquake knowledge and science literacy at all grade levels and in a variety of educational
environments.
• The SCEC Education Program uses the research literature (science education, learning
psychology, sociology, etc) and evaluation methodology to:
• Develop new materials and products (e.g. a lesson plan, an evaluation instrument, a
website) where needed.
• Collaborate with partner organizations to enhance existing materials or products to meet the
needs for SCEC’s Earthquake Program mission.
• Utilize and promote existing materials that coincide with or complement SCEC’s earthquake
K-12 Education Program mission.
• Provide innovative experiential learning opportunities to undergraduate and graduate
students during the summer and year-round.
SCEC education programs include three internship programs, facilitated activities at museum
exhibits, earthquake education workshops, public earthquake talks, and activities at conferences
such as the National Science Teachers Association. SCEC Education programs and products are
implemented in a variety of educational environments- any place, situation, or context where the
transmission of knowledge to learners is taking place.
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