From: Review of IRIS Education & Outreach: 2009

For a Future Seismology/Geodesy Facility:

Goals, Elements, and Audiences of a Seismology/Geodesy E&O ProgramTo enable the next generation of Americans to have a greater understanding of Earth science and seismology/geodesy, while helping to attract the best and brightest to our disciplines

Formal InformalEducation Education

Print Digital

In-Person Social Media

• IRIS Social Media usage continues to increase: – Facebook: 4579 followers; – Twitter: 1618 follows; – YouTube: 1809 subscribers;

• 55,000 hits/mo during school terms • 290,000 hits in past 6 months• Over 2,130,000 lifetime visitors to

YouTube

Intense / Few Brief / Many

For a Future Seismology/Geodesy Facility:

Goals, Elements, and Audiences of a Seismology/Geodesy E&O ProgramTo enable the next generation of Americans to have a greater understanding of Earth science and seismology/geodesy, while helping to attract the best and brightest to our disciplines

Serve the seismology / geodesy communities & recognize the research & education achievements of their members

“One-Pagers” Image Gallery

For a Future Seismology/Geodesy Facility:

Goals, Elements, and Audiences of a Seismology/Geodesy E&O ProgramTo enable the next generation of Americans to have a greater understanding of Earth science and seismology/geodesy, while helping to attract the best and brightest to our disciplines

Serve the seismology / geodesy communities & recognize the research & education achievements of their members

Increase society’s understanding and appreciation of seismology/geodesy

Facilitate – Collaborate – Educate

• 6 Powerpoints created and disseminated since the last EPOSC meeting

• 28,804 hits on the Teachable Moments website since the last EPOSC meeting

• 3 presentations about Teachable Moments at last NSTA meeting

Teachable moments

Facilitate – Collaborate – Educate

• Participated science team meeting - launch still on schedule– Data availability timeline still being debated by

science team• Lunar curriculum development underway• Coding for public display underway

InSight - Mars seismograph mission

For a Future Seismology/Geodesy Facility:

Goals, Elements, and Audiences of a Seismology/Geodesy E&O ProgramTo enable the next generation of Americans to have a greater understanding of Earth science and seismology/geodesy, while helping to attract the best and brightest to our disciplines

Serve the seismology / geodesy communities & recognize the research & education achievements of their members

Increase society’s understanding and appreciation of seismology/geodesy

Increase the quality of seismology / geodesy education

Seismographs in Schools

Teacher Development

Curricula

Instructional Materials

Instruction

Assessment

Next Generation Science Standards

For a Future Seismology/Geodesy Facility:

Goals, Elements, and Audiences of a Seismology/Geodesy E&O ProgramTo enable the next generation of Americans to have a greater understanding of Earth science and seismology/geodesy, while helping to attract the best and brightest to our disciplines

Serve the seismology / geodesy communities & recognize the research & education achievements of their members

Increase society’s understanding and appreciation of seismology/geodesy

Increase the quality of seismology / geodesy education

Encourage & support the development and global participation of a diverse geoscience workforce

Facilitate – Collaborate – Educate

• 2014 Cohort– 13 Interns presented the summer research at AGU– Alumni reception at AGU was well attended despite rain

• Summer 2015– Recruitment speakers presented at 4 predominately

minority campuses, collaboration with UNAVCO– 90 Intern applications for 11 slots– 15 Mentor applications - One with funding

Research Experiences for Undergrads