Resources

3-D INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE

• iView4D - A powerful interactive 4D data visualization tool. This program runs on all platforms (i.e., Windows, Mac, Linux, SGI, Sun etc.) http://http://www.qps.nl/display/fledermaus/iview
• SIO created 3-D data sets for use with iVIew3D: www.siovizcenter.ucsd.edu/library/objects/index.php?category=Scenes

REALTIME EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION

• Earthquake notification service: https://sslearthquake.usgs.gov/ens/
• California: eqinfo.ucsd.edu/recenteqs, http://www.data.scec.org/recent/index.html, www.cisn.org
• Global: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map www.iris.edu/seismon
http://siogames.ucsd.edu/viztool.html
• Specific information about notable local and global earthquakes: http://eqinfo.ucsd.edu/special_events/
• Shake Maps: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/shakemap/
• Report an earthquake: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/dyfi/
• IRIS "Event Search" website - for user-selected earthquake parameters (time, magnitude, depth, location); www.iris.edu/quakes/eventsrch.htm

EDUCATIONAL VIDEO GAMES

• Kinect Quake Catcher Game: http://siogames.ucsd.edu/qc.html
• Deep-sea Extreme Environment Pilot (DEEP): http://siogames.ucsd.edu/deep.html

THERE IS AN APP FOR THAT

• Puzzling (Tectonic) Plates: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puzzling-plates/id486435632

HANDS ON TEACHING TOOLS

• This Dynamic Planet Map: http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2800/
• Wooden Buildings: http://sicarius.wr.usgs.gov/woodenbuildings/
• Clay Earth Model: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~braile/edumod/threedearth/threedearth.htm
• Icecream Earth Model: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~braile/edumod/threedearth/threedearth.htm
• Snicker's Science: http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classearth.html#Anchor3
• Inflatable Globes: http://www.beachballs.com/36-inch-earth-the-blue-marble.asp

EARTHQUAKES POWERPOINT LECTURES

• Earthquakes: Teaching Tools Beyond Static Images and Flat Maps http://www.siovizcenter.ucsd.edu/library/objects/detail.php?ID=252
• Additional PowerPoint Lectures http://www.siovizcenter.ucsd.edu/library/objects/index.php?category=Presentations
• UCSD-TV recording of lectures http://www.ucsd.tv/search-moreresults.aspx?keyword=kilb&x=0&y=0

WEB-BASED TEACHING TOOLS

• SeisMac – turn your laptop into a seismograph: http://www.visoracle.com/download/freeware/science/bzjr.html
• FELT earthquake location interactive web-tool: http://projects.cs.csusm.edu/maps/quakesDIYMode.html
• Earthquake Magnitude - How to compute: http://siovizcenter.ucsd.edu/library/TLTC/TLTCmag.htm
• Earthquake Music: http://geophysics.eas.gatech.edu/people/zpeng/EQ_Music
• SDSC Terashake movies: visservices.sdsc.edu/projects/scec/terashake
• Alan Jones "Seismic Eruption" and "Seismic Waves" website – Temporal evolution of seismic waves and spatial distribution of earthquakes: http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~ajones/#Seismic-Eruptions
• Plate Tectonics: jules.unavco.org/VoyagerJr/Earth
• USArray Station Monitor: http://usarray.seis.sc.edu/
• EarthScope Seismic Stations: http://www.iris.edu/activeearth/content/es_TA_status.phtml
• USArray Ground Motion Visualizations: http://www.iris.edu/dms/products/usarraygmv/
  http://www.iris.edu/hq/programs/education_and_outreach/visualizations/tutorial
• Rapid Earthquake Viewer: http://rev.seis.sc.edu/
• IRIS Earthquake Browser (best viewed in FireFox): http://www.iris.edu/servlet/eventserver/map.do

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Quake-Catcher Network: http://qcn.stanford.edu/
  • Earthquake Lesson: Quake-Catcher Network Magnitude and Intensity Lab - Activity Answer Key: http://earthref.org/erda/1114
  • Earthquake Lesson: Quake-Catcher Network Magnitude and Intensity Lab - Activity: http://earthref.org/erda/1113
  • Earthquake Lesson: Quake-Catcher Network Magnitude and Intensity Lab - Slides: http://earthref.org/erda/1112
  • Earthquake Lesson: Introduction to the Quake-Catcher Network and Lab - Slides: http://earthref.org/erda/1111
  • Earthquake Lesson: Introduction to the Quake-Catcher Network and Lab - Activity: http://earthref.org/erda/1110
• TeacherTECH: http://education.sdsc.edu/teachertech/index.php
• National Geographic Forces of Nature on line resources: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/
• USGS Earthquake information for use in classrooms: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/
• Free software to record, edit and play sounds (Audacity): http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
• U.S. Geological Survey: quake.wr.usgs.gov
• Plate Tectonics: jules.unavco.org/VoyagerJr/Earth
• Discover our Earth: www.discoverourearth.org
• Educational Multimedia Visualization Center: http://emvc.geol.ucsb.edu/1_DownloadPage/Download_Page.html
• Tsunamis (NOAA): http://tsunami.noaa.gov
  
• Metronome: On line metronome, use to discuss frequency/tempo
  http://www.metronomeonline.com/
  
• Curvey Word Search:
  • Puzzle Set #1: http://idaweb.ucsd.edu/~dkilb/Curvey_seismo/Seismo_puz.pdf
  • Answers for Puzzle Set #1: http://idaweb.ucsd.edu/~dkilb/Curvey_seismo/Seismo_anspuz.pdf
  • Puzzle Set #2: http://idaweb.ucsd.edu/~dkilb/Curvey_seismo/Seismology_5_curvy_puz.pdf
  • Answers Puzzle Set #2: http://idaweb.ucsd.edu/~dkilb/Curvey_seismo/Seismology_5_curvy_puz_ans.pdf
• Earthquake 'QUIZ': http://eqinfo.ucsd.edu/faq/quiz.php
• Great California Shake Out: http://www.shakeout.org
• Additional Edcuation/Outreach programs at Scripps Institituion of Oceanography: http://www.siovizcenter.ucsd.edu/education.php
• My Geoscience Place Animations: http://www.mygeoscienceplace.com/demo_animations.html