Online professional learning: Earthquakes

Online professional learning: Earthquakes

Join us for an afternoon of real geoscience data exploration, and leave with some ideas and activities for the classroom.

By Geoscience Australia

Date and time

August 27 · 11pm - August 28 · 12am PDT

Location

Online

About this event

  • 1 hour

Did you know that Geoscience Australia has years of earthquake data freely available online?

This teacher professional learning session will explore how you can access real earthquake data in the classroom, walk you through a global 3D earthquake model and will provide you with some ready-to-use classroom activities prompting students to collect and analyse data.

We will also explore earthquake patterns and their implications for understanding the development of plate tectonic understanding.


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Frequently asked questions

How should I connect to the session?

We recommend having access to a mouse and second monitor to make the session easier to follow, but understand some participants may be joining from a laptop. Tablets are not recommended for this session.

Who can I contact if I have issues?

For any queries please contact the education team on education@ga.gov.au

How will the session be delivered?

The session will be delivered through online conferencing platform Microsoft Teams.

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Geoscience Australia applies geoscience to Australia's most important challenges by providing geoscience information, services and capability to the Australian Government, industry and stakeholders.