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Join the Great Shakeout!
Learn how to protect yourself during an earthquake
Would you know how to protect yourself if a major earthquake happened right now? When was the last time you practiced how to be safe? The Great ShakeOut earthquake drills are a great opportunity for your organization to learn, prepare, and practice what to do during an earthquake: Drop, Cover, and Hold On!
Learn how to protect yourself during an earthquake
Would you know how to protect yourself if a major earthquake happened right now? When was the last time you practiced how to be safe? The Great ShakeOut earthquake drills are a great opportunity for your organization to learn, prepare, and practice what to do during an earthquake: Drop, Cover, and Hold On!
Assessment and Evaluation Center
For teachers and the NEES network
NEESacademy has added content to the section devoted to helping those who use NEES resources to evaluate their activities: The Assessment and Evaluation Center. You will find strategies, pre-made tests as well as past assessments performed by NEES that you can use as the basis for your own evaluation.
For teachers and the NEES network
NEESacademy has added content to the section devoted to helping those who use NEES resources to evaluate their activities: The Assessment and Evaluation Center. You will find strategies, pre-made tests as well as past assessments performed by NEES that you can use as the basis for your own evaluation.
Survive the Wave
A new learning resource set for science and technology teachers
NEES academy has added a new highlighted learning module series - Survive the Wave (STW). Look for it in the "NEESacademy for Teachers" section.
A new learning resource set for science and technology teachers
NEES academy has added a new highlighted learning module series - Survive the Wave (STW). Look for it in the "NEESacademy for Teachers" section.
Education Spotlight Educational content that we think is really exciting!
NEES has produced its 2012 highlight booklet, a detailed print document highlighting NEES research projects in a way that everyone can understand. You may request printed copies of this booklet, but it's also available to
view online here.
Featured Content Links to resources for science teachers
Constructing Earthquake-Proof Buildings: Includes instructions for building a low-cost shake table.
Make Your Own Earthquake Software: Your students will feel like real earthquake engineers when you use these low-cost lessons in your classroom.
Happening Right Now
Sciencenter This exhibition was developed by the Sciencenter in Ithica, NY with funding provided by the National Science Foundation as part of a NEES research grant to Cornell University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Visitors can learn about earthquakes and how they affect structures through a series of short videos. In the future, internet users will be able to drive the shake table remotely and test a multi-story building in four different earthquakes.
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