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SCEC resources such as Roots. SCEC has worked with some of these partners for many years, and
in summer 2008 they have been organized as Earthquake Education and Public Information
Centers (Earthquake EPICenters).
ShakeZone Earthquake Exhibit (Fingerprints Youth Museum, Hemet, CA) Developed
originally in 2001, ShakeZone was redesigned in 2006. The current version of the exhibit is based
on SCEC’s Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country handbook. Major partners involved in the
exhibit redesign included Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Birch Aquarium at Scripps.
With funding from the United Way and other donors ShakeZone will be expanded in 2009 to
include a section on Earthquake Engineering.
Living on the Edge Exhibit (San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA) This exhibit
explains and highlights natural hazards in San Bernardino County (e.g. Fire, Floods, and
Earthquakes). SCEC provided resources in the development phase of the project and continues to
supply the exhibit with copies of Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country
Hall of Geological Wonders (San Bernardino County, Redlands, CA) Due to be completed in
mid-2009 the Hall is a major expansion of this important cultural attraction in the Inland Empire.
One of the main objectives of the Hall is to teach about the region from a geologic perspective. We
are devoting a large space to the story of Southern California's landscape, it's evolution and
dynamic nature. SCEC has played an ongoing advisory role, provided resources for the
development of the earthquake sections of the exhibit, and will have an ongoing role in the
implementation of educational programming.
Other Museum Partnerships. SCEC continues to foster new and nurture ongoing relationships
with several museums. Some institutions have only requested copies of Roots for distribution in an
earthquake exhibit, and others have requested professional development activities for their staff or
local educators. Museums have also called upon SCEC to participate in educator open houses or
special professional development seminars. Other museum partners includes: Discovery Science
Center, Santa Ana; Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles; KidSpace Youth Museum, Pasadena; and
several others.
Earthquake Information (California State University (CSULA), Los Angeles, CA) Due to be
completed in fall 2008, this exhibit created in partnership with the geology department at CSULA
features two computer screens showing recent worldwide and local earthquakes. Located in the
lobby of the Physical Science Building this exhibit also displays the seven steps to earthquake
safety and components of a basic earthquake disaster supply kit.
Wallace Creek Interpretive Trail. In partnership with The Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
SCEC designed an interpretive trail along a particularly spectacular and accessible 2 km long
stretch of the San Andreas Fault near Wallace Creek.
Wallace Creek is located on the Carrizo Plain, a 3-4 hour
drive north from Los Angeles. The trail opened in January
2001. The area is replete with the classic landforms
produced by strike-slip faults: shutter ridges, sag ponds,
simple offset stream channels, mole tracks and scarps.
SCEC created the infrastructure and interpretive materials
(durable signage, brochure content, and a website with
additional information and directions to the trail). BLM
has agreed to maintain the site and print the brochure into
the foreseeable future. (www.scec.org/wallacecreek)
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