Texas Educational Seismic Project
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SCITECH 2023 – Conroe, TX
I thoroughly enjoy listening to students excitedly, nervously tell their Science or Math story – come join me as a judge at SCITECH Science and Math Fair on Jan 26, 27th. Be prepared for 1000s of students – all bubbling with eagerness to share what they are discovering or investigating. They need us to encourage their curiosity and build their confidence – and we should! Communities thrive when we support each other – click on the link below and join the fun!
Ps – you will be thoroughly exhausted, but feel incredibly hopeful after a long day with these kiddos. It’s 💯 percent worth the exhaustion – just wear comfy shoes
Thousands without power following M6.4 earthquake in Northern Cali
A large, preliminary magnitude M6.4 #earthquake occurred this morning, 12/20/2022 at 10:34 UTC, in Northern #California. The event was detected and partially recorded here in Spring, TX, at #RaspberryShake Station #R5DDF.
ShakeAlert – the Early Earthquake Warning System for the Western US – was activated and **did** send out shaking alerts to all registered community members within the anticipated higher-intensity locations. See the images below for the preliminary report found on the USGS website.
DYFI (Did you feel it?) Report your shaking experience and observations to the USGS, go here –>> https://earthquake.usgs.gov/…/nc73821036/dyfi/intensity
Boot, scoot, and boogy
A Texas-sized [moderately sized, really] magnitude M5.4 #earthquake occurred on Friday, December 16, 2022 at 23:35 UTC in West #Texas. The epicenter was located proximal to Midland/Odessa (see map, below). The event was detected and partially recorded here in Spring, TX, at #RaspberryShake Station #R5DDF.
DYFI?? Hey Texans – did you feel that shaking?? Report it here –>> https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tx2022yplg/dyfi/intensity
“Shake It Up” at girlStart’s Girls In STEM – 2022
FANTASTIC DAY teaching with my best girl!
“Shake It Up”….. build the unbreakable building and reduce shaking from an EARTHQUAKE !
Which candy do you think builds the strongest building? What does “strong” mean?
#GirlsInSTEM, #girlStart, #AliefISD
Texas Girls Collaborative Project: Houston Navy Week STEM Coffee Chat
Join STEM advocates and educators from across the Houston area for a Houston Navy Week STEM Coffee Chat with Rear Admiral Jennifer Couture of the United States Navy. Get a behind-the-scenes peek into STEM in the Navy: technology advances and innovations that are keeping our country safe and secure, STEM career pathways in the Navy, and more! REGISTER HERE —>> TXGCP COFFEE CHAT
The Houston Navy Week STEM Coffee Chat is led by the Texas Girls Collaborative Project Houston Regional Leadership Team and Houston-area Champions Board members.
About this event
Join STEM advocates and educators from across the Houston area for a Houston Navy Week STEM Coffee Chat with Rear Admiral Jennifer Couture of the United States Navy. Get a behind-the-scenes peek into STEM in the Navy: technology advances and innovations that are keeping our country safe and secure, STEM career pathways in the Navy, and more!
Agenda:
- 8:00 – 8:10 a.m. Welcome, TxGCP Overview, Introductions
- 8:10 – 8:30 a.m. Rear Admiral Jennifer Couture, United States Navy
- 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Q&A
- 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Open Networking
About Rear Admiral Jennifer Couture:
Rear Adm. Couture is a native of Vineland, New Jersey. She commissioned through the NROTC program at the George Washington University in 1995 and she received a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. She holds a master’s degree in International Studies from Old Dominion University, and she completed her Joint Professional Military Education as a student of the U.S. Naval War College and the Joint Forces Staff College.
At sea, Couture served onboard USS Wasp (LHD 1), USS Saipan (LHA 2) USS Elrod (FFG 55), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), and USS Porter (DDG 78). She commanded USS Kauffman (FFG 59) and Destroyer Squadron 28 where she deployed twice as the Sea Combat commander with Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group. She has deployed in support of Operations Joint Endeavor, Active Endeavor, Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and Inherent Resolve.
Ashore, Couture served as current surface operations officer for Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; flag secretary to Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic; contingency plans officer, U.S. Joint Forces Command; and, assistant chief of staff for Manning, Manpower, and Personnel (N1) for Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic. Couture also served as a federal executive fellow at the Center for a New American Security and as special assistant for legislative matters to the Chief of Naval Personnel.
Her most recent assignment prior to Naval Service Training Command was as director for the Commander’s Action Group, for Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic.
She has earned numerous personal awards including the Legion of Merit (second award) as well as various other personal, unit, and service awards.
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The Houston Navy Week STEM Coffee Chat is led by the Texas Girls Collaborative Project Houston Regional Leadership Team and Houston-area Champions Board members.
All registrants will be added to the Texas Girls Collaborative Project monthly eNewsletter.
Don’t Freak Out – SHAKE OUT!
Join TXESP for the annual G-L-O-B-A-L “ShakeOut” – and Earthquake Awareness and Preparedness Event – contact us on txesp.org if you would like to participate in our earthquake drill (in-person on online!)
Girls in STEM Conference – COME JOIN!!
Houston Girls in STEM 2022 Is BACK !!!
Join TXESP as we present “Shake It Down” earthquake engineering competition. Register at :
https://girlstart.org/…/houston-girls-in-stem-conference/
That’s us at time 1:00 mins into this video from the 2019 event
RASPBERRY SHAKES AND BOOMS RECORD THE DARNDEST THINGS
RESEARCH SEISMOLOGISTS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY SCIENTISTS COLLABORATE TO MONITOR AN INTRIGUING VARIETY OF EARTH-QUAKING EVENTS
July 6, 2022 – by Alan L. Kafka (Weston Observatory, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College), Jay J. Pulli (Raytheon BBN Technologies), Kristi R. Fink (Texas Educational Seismic Project), Christopher Stapels (MathWorks), Kasey Cannon (Weston Observatory, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College), Donald McCasland (Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center), Keith L. McLaughlin (Leidos Dynetics-LInC), Stephen R. McNutt (University of South Florida), Jacob N. Kafka (WeirdHat.com), Richard Block (Snow Star Farm), and Megan J. Sharkey (Boston College).
READ HERE —->> Shakers and Makers!
Ho, Ho, Ho in North America
There have been many significant #earthquakes in North America this month. IRIS Station #E1TX and Raspberry Shake Station #R5DDF have recorded events in California, Mexico and Alaska. Images shown below, some filters have been applied. Shown first is a magnitude M4.8 earthquake on 12/19/2021 at 10:27 UTC near La Libertad, Mexico.
Also recorded, a magnitude M6.2 on 12/20/2021 at 20:10 UTC near Petrolia, CA
A magnitude M5.9 earthquake on 12/21/2021 at 22:42 UTC near Port Alsworth, Alaska
And most recently, a magnitude M6.0 12/22/2021 at 23:22 UTC near La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico
Deep, Powerful Earthquake Rocks Chile
On Sunday, 11/28/2021 at 10:52hrs UTC, a MAJOR magnitude M7.5 earthquake occurred near Barranca, Peru. The hypocenter was very deep at ~112km. The wide-felt, strong shaking caused damages and injuries and are still being reported as of Monday, 11/2/2021. The event was recorded here in Spring, TX, USA on a Raspberry Shake seismograph, Station R5DDF (shown below). The seismogram has a LP 0.8 Hz filter applied. Photograph courtesy of Reuters News Organization.
More information about the event can be found HERE.
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This year we are campaigning to bring (6) Raspberry Shakes to Houston-area schools - Each instrument is $400, we know we can reach this goal!!
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