The Southern California
Integrated GPS Network Education Module
Exploring the
use of space technology in earthquake studies
Appropriate Grade Levels
High School and College Undergraduate
Design of the Module
This educational module was designed to allow students
to interactively explore the use of SCIGN and its data in earthquake studies.
It is divided into four major sections: Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes,
GPS, and Space Technology at Work. All of the sections include background
material and activities; the first three sections focus primarily on introducing
satellite technology and tectonic phenomena, and the final section serves
to integrate knowledge learned in the first three by allowing students
to use real SCIGN data in their investigations into plate tectonics, earthquakes,
and GPS.
Primary concepts
- Forces in the Earth cause its surface to change
over time
- Earthquakes release stress, causing permanent change
in the Earth's crust
- GPS is a satellite technology used as a tool to
measure crustal change
- SCIGN is a network of GPS stations used to study
tectonics and earthquakes in Southern California
Principal authors
Maggi Glasscoe, Anne Mikolajcik, Andrea Donnellan,
Mike Watkins, and Mark Smith
with funding provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
the Southern California Integrated GPS Network, and the Southern California
Earthquake Center.
Table of
Contents
Concepts
covered
Title page
Last modified on 8/13/98 by Maggi Glasscoe (scignedu@jpl.nasa.gov)
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