Strong motion is well and good.... but if you don't provide something that the
students can relate to.... you're not going to get interest or usage.

One of the neat things about living in Gilroy and having all the faults.... Is
that in the morning when I met with the students.... On several occasions, I'd
have a student come in and ask if anyone felt the earthquake that evening....
none had. So we'd look at what we had recorded.... and sure enough there would
be an event.... When we calculated it's distance and drew a circle on the
map.....  CAZAM!... the line went right through the student's house (or very
close to it).  Now that creates interest, enthusiasm and knowledge.

Jan Froom   South Valley Jr. High  Gilroy, CA

Larry Cochrane wrote:

> All,
>
> At the IRIS E & O (Education and Outreach) meeting I attended the other day
> I  brought up that a  inexpensive strong motion sensor is need that could
> be deployed in schools and other locations.


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