NH51A:
Discussing Disasters: Natural Hazards in the Classroom and Beyond I Posters

Session ID#: 3624

Friday, 19 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Poster Hall (Moscone_South)
Chairs:  Hans N Lechner, Michigan Technological Univers, Houghton, MI, United States and Emily E Gochis, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States
Primary Convener:  Hans N Lechner, Michigan Technological Univers, Houghton, MI, United States
Co-conveners:  Emily E Gochis1, Luke J Bowman2 and William I Rose1, (1)Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States(2)Michigan Technological University, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Houghton, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Luke J Bowman, Michigan Technological University, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Houghton, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • ED - Education
Index Terms:

0825 Teaching methods [EDUCATION]
0845 Instructional tools [EDUCATION]
4306 Multihazards [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4334 Disaster risk communication [NATURAL HAZARDS]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
NH51A-3835
Earthquake Safety Tips in the Classroom (19048)
Margarida Oliveira Melo1, Bernardo Azevedo Pinto Castro Maciel1, Rita Pereira Neto1, Ricardo Pereira Hartmann1, Guilherme Marques1, Mafalda Gonçalves1, Francisco Luís Rocha1 and Graça M Silveira2, (1)Colégio Marista de Carcavelos, Cascais, Portugal, (2)Instituto Dom Luiz (FCUL)/Inst. Sup. Engenharia de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
 
NH51A-3836
PREVENTION STARTS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD (18847)
Bernardo Azevedo Pinto Castro Maciel1, Rita Pereira Neto1, Ricardo Pereira Hartmann1, Margarida Oliveira Melo1, Mafalda Gonçalves1, Guilherme Marques1, Francisco Luís Rocha1 and Graça M Silveira2, (1)Colégio Marista de Carcavelos, Cascais, Portugal, (2)Instituto Dom Luiz (FCUL)/Inst. Sup. Engenharia de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
 
NH51A-3837
Using seismology to raise science awareness in kindergarten and elementary levels, with the help of high school students (25639)
Francisco Luís Rocha1, Graça M Silveira2,3, Guilherme Moreira1, Isabel Paes Afonso1, Bernardo Azevedo Pinto Castro Maciel1, Margarida Oliveira Melo1, Rita Pereira Neto1, Mafalda Gonçalves1, Guilherme Marques1 and Ricardo Pereira Hartmann1, (1)Colégio Marista de Carcavelos, Cascais, Portugal, (2)APCMC, Cascais, Portugal, (3)Instituto Dom Luiz (FCUL)/Inst. Sup. Engenharia de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
 
NH51A-3838
Landslides! Engaging students in natural hazards and STEM principles through the exploration of landslide analog models (29527)
Emily E Gochis1, Hans N Lechner2, Kyle A Brill3, Geoffery Lerner1 and Edrick Ramos1, (1)Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States, (2)Michigan Technological University, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Houghton, MI, United States, (3)Michigan Technological University, Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences, Houghton, MI, United States
 
NH51A-3839
Schoolyard Volcanoes: A Unit in Volcanology and Hazards (29493)
Hans N Lechner, Michigan Technological Univers, Houghton, MI, United States, Emily E Gochis, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States and Kyle A Brill, Michigan Technological University, Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences, Houghton, MI, United States
 
NH51A-3840
Living the Volcano: A First-Year Study Abroad Experience to Santorini, Greece (7465)
Lisa A Skinner1, Michelle Miller2 and Blase Scarnati2, (1)Northern Arizona University, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainibility, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)Northern Arizona University, Co-Director, First Year Learning Initiative, University College, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
 
NH51A-3841
Monitoring Persistent Volcanic Emissions from Sulphur Springs, Saint Lucia: A Community Approach to Disaster Risk Reduction (9511)
Erouscilla P Joseph1, Denise M Beckles2, Leonette Cox2, Viveka Brian Jackson3 and Dominic Alexander4, (1)University of the West Indies, Seismic Research Centre, Kingston, Jamaica, (2)University of the West Indies, Chemistry, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, (3)University of the West Indies, Seismic Research Centre, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, (4)Soufriere Regional Development Foundation, Soufriere, Saint Lucia
 
NH51A-3842
The Cerg-C: A Specialisation Certificate in Geological and Climate Related Risk of the University of Geneva, Switzerland (9570)
Costanza Bonadonna1, David Consuegra2, Blaise Duvernay3, Donat Fäh4, Corine Frischknecht1, Christopher Gregg5, Michel Jaboyedoff6, Olivier Lateltin7, Scira Menoni8, Romerio Franco9 and Mauro Rosi10, (1)University of Geneva, Department of Earth Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland, (2)The School of Management and Engineering Vaud, Territorial Engineering Institute, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, (3)Federal Office for the Environment FOEN Topic Earthquakes, Bern, Switzerland, (4)ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (5)East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, United States, (6)University of Lausanne, Institute of Earth Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland, (7)Swiss Geological Survey, Bern, Switzerland, (8)Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, (9)Energy, policy and economics, Geneva, Switzerland, (10)Italian Civil Protection, Roma, Italy
 
NH51A-3843
Weather Stations as Educational and Hazard-Forecasting Tools (18309)
John Scott Gierke, Michigan Technological University, Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Houghton, United States, Emily E Gochis, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States, Rafael Dominguez, Colegio Muñoz, Hermosillo, Mexico, Luke J Bowman, Michigan Technological University, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Houghton, United States and Alex S Mayer, Michigan Technological University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Houghton, United States
 
NH51A-3844
Teaching Disaster Preparedness to Rural Communities in El Salvador. (24914)
Tyler Barton, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States
 
NH51A-3845
Challenges to communicate risks of human-caused earthquakes (31085)
Christian Klose, Think Geohazards, Inc., Bronxville, NY, United States
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