Upcoming or Past Workshops For Educators, Formal and Informal The week of November 4th, 2007 was Earthquake Awareness Week. The date for Earthquake Awareness Week, 2008 will be the week of November 9th. We hope you will join us at one or more events. Keep checking this site or our Calendar for upoming events as well as events during this week. Using South Carolina Earthquakes to Teach Science, Math, and Social Studies: Everyone Loves a Good Rumble! Workshop Date: November 01, 2007 | 12:00 - 1:45 PM Location: South Carolina Science Council (SC2) | Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Myrtle Beach, SC Using South Carolina Earthquakes to Teach Science, Math, and Social Studies: Everyone Loves a Good Rumble! Workshop .5 Continuing Education Units provided for completion of workshop! Date: November 10, 2007 | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Location: Science Center Room 114 | College of Charleston, Charleston, SC SCEEP offered the above two educator workshop on earthquake science, prediction and preparedness. Participants learned by doing engaging hands-on, inquiry-based science activities about movement of the Earth’s plates, energy release, and wave propagation. Seismic hazards were investigated using historical, geographic, and scientific inquiries and finally, participants learned about locating, measuring and predicting earthquakes. All of the activities in this session aid educators in meeting multiple national education standards including portions of the following; National Science Education Standards, Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, Curriculum Standards for Social Studies, and National Geography Standards. This upcoming Summer and Fall, SCEEP will offer formal and informal education workshops similar to those above.
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Last Updated: July 2, 2008 Curator: hallcr@cofc.edu	Sponsored by: SC Emergency Management Division