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- Title
- Conference on Disaster Preparedness: The Place of Earthquake Education in Our Schools. Held on July 9-11, 1989. Preliminary Proceedings.
- File
- PB90108606.pdf
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., June 23, 1989, 41 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- NCEER-89-P017
- Abstract
- In May, 1988, The National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research initiated an earthquake education project whose focus was on earthquake awareness and safety education in school programs for grades K-12, with a special emphasis on grades K-6. The initial goals of the program were to determine what has been done elsewhere in the field, develop a package of materials with an appropriate amount of detail for students at varying intellectual and interest levels, and test those materials in an elementary level program. Pursuit of the first objective resulted in the identification of a multiplicity of issues involved in earthquake education that need to be addressed. The inaugural conference was designed to provide an overview of pertinent issues in earthquake education and act as a springboard for regional follow-up workshops. The meeting also provided an excellent opportunity for those spearheading the efforts of the science, earthquake education, and preparedness communities to join together to address these issues.
- Keywords
- Education; Plate tectonics; Emergency preparedness; Elementary education; Seismology; Schools; Meetings; Safety; Disaster planning; Earthquakes