Action team works together on a community hazard inventory activity using maps of relative earthquake hazard (landslides, liquefaction, and amplification) and tsunami inundation.
Students in Ilwaco Middle School review data from the Quake Catcher Network seismometer that was installed in their school after their teacher participated in a CEETEP workshop.
Two workshop participants use a model made of nuts, bolts, and popsicle sticks to simulate buildings in an earthquake. They practice different methods to make the building robust against shaking.
CEETEP participant practices using fault blocks -- foam blocks that can help teach learners about different types of geologic faults.
A field trip visit to a Makah Nation emergency supply depot to see how one community is working to provide for community needs in the event of a massive earthquake and tsunami. Workshop participants enter the garage-sized red building to see the supplies inside.
Three CEETEP participants examine a sediment core containing a tsunami sand layer from the banks of the Niawiakum River, WA.
Students from South Bend, WA learn about tsunami geology with researcher, Brian Atwater. Field trip was arranged by two teachers who previously participated in CEETEP.
Workshop participants practice a tsunami evacuation walk.
An action team practices using a small tsunami wave tank to investigate how various factors such as topography, slope, and wave size affect tsunami inundation. Tank is made from a clear plastic container with a wave-generating paddle on one end and modeling clay "land" on the other end and a couple centimeters of blue water. Users mark inland wave distance with colored toothpicks.
Workshop participants learn about sedimentary layers associated with Cascadia massive earthquakes and tsunami from US Geological Survey researcher, Brian Atwater.
Display from a CEETEP Share-a-thon, where participants from two workshops come together to share and discuss activities since their CEETEP workshops. This display by the North Lincoln County Fire and Rescue incorporated CEETEP materials after the district’s outreach coordinator participated in CEETEP.
CEETEP lead instructor, Robert Butler, demonstrates how to use an “earthquake machine” to teach learners about earthquake fault behavior and episodic tremor and slip – a style of “slow” earthquake that may precede some major earthquakes.
Two CEETEP participants prepare to be P-wave (primary earthquake waves) in a seismic race activity.
A gumdrop with toothpicks legs is used in the “Gumdrop GPS” activity to help learners understand the meaning of graphs of GPS motion.
Team of workshop participants practice using an “earthquake machine” to simulate the difficulty in predicting fault slip timing and magnitude. The earthquake machine is a wood base covered in sandpaper over which wood blocks connected by rubber bands are slid.

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