K-12

Publications

Careers in the Earth Sciences

Four-page booklet (5.4 MB) containing an interview with one of the EarthScope engineers, Katrin Hafner.

Seismic Tomography

Four-page handout (3.5 MB PDF) describing how seismic tomography is used to determine Earth structure.

Animations

Earthquake Wavefront Visualizations

Flyer for Earthquake Wave Visualizations (0.4 MB)

Link to Earthquake Wave Visualizations

Animations of real data showing how seismic waves sweep the array of seismometers.

More USArray K-12 Resources are coming soon.

For more earth science publications, activities, professional development, internships, animations, museum displays, free software and more, visit EarthScope Education and Outreach and IRIS Education and Outreach.

IRIS - Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

EarthScope is a partnership extending throughout the Earth science community, including more than 100 universities, the National Science Foundation, US Geological Survey, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, regional seismic networks and state geological surveys.