For Educators

IRIS Resources

For grades 5-12 educators and college faculty

• Lessons and Resources
  Table of downloadable resources and links to key site
• Teachable Moments
  Timely instructional resources for “today’s” earthquake
• Professional Development
  Calendar of upcoming professional development opportunities and sample agendas.
• Wave Visualizations
  The visualizations show how the ground moves as seismic waves sweep across EarthScope’s Transportable Array
• School Seismographs
  Have your students collect data with their own seismograph.
• Educational Software
  Free seismology software for students and educators.
• Educational Publications
  Posters and fact sheets about seismology.
• Animation of the Month
  Simple animations that help explain earthquakes and seismology
• Active Earth Display
  A simple, customizable real-time display for schools, visitor centers, and small museums
• General earthquake information

Animation of the Month

A series of animations that can be used to teach seismology. The latest animation can be viewed here.

An archive of older animations can be viewed at the Animation of the Month Archive.

To learn more about other programs IRIS Education and Outreach provides, visit the Education and Outreach Program home page.

Upcoming
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Accessing Earthquake Data

Seismograms & Record Sections - Would you like seismograms from for recent events or look at current seismicity at seismometers in your area? Check out the  Rapid Earthquake Viewer (REV) to see data.

Real-Time Seismicity - Interested in seeing where earthquakes are happening today? Go to the Seismic Monitor to find out!

Seismic Event Data - Interested in explore the earthquake catalog from the 1960s to the present? The IRIS Earthquake Browser (IEB) plots earthquake epicenters on an easy to use Google map