An educator only preview event!

Join us for this special event for educators only! Explore theEarthquake exhibit, experience the Earthquake planetarium show, learn about the Earthquake Educator Guide, and partake in exciting educational activities.

To register by August 1 visit: http://www.calacademy.org/teachers/lounge/?p=4365.

The California Academy of Sciences is celebrating the launch of our new exhibit Earthquake! by partnering with the San Francisco Public Library to host a talk about how you can prepare for the next “big one”. Dr. Springer will give a talk with accompanying slide show about precautions that can be taken to lessen the damage from an earthquake at home and work.  His presentation includes images from his own home suggesting measures you can employ to prepare for the next temblor that ranges from the very simple to rather complex strategies.  Don’t miss this chance to learn what you can do to protect yourself during the next earthquake and hear a bit about the Academy’s new exhibit.

Free event, seats can be reserved.

http://www.calacademy.org/events/lectures/

Millions of Japanese citizens received advance warning of the 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake — can such a system be built for use in California? University researchers and government agencies are working together to create an Earthquake Early Warning system in California to reduce earthquake losses. April is Earthquake Awareness Month in California — how could you and your family best prepare for severe ground shaking using 30 seconds of advance warning?

Speaker: Doug Given, USGS Earthquake Early Warning Coordinator

For more information, call 650-329-5000

http://online.wr.usgs.gov/calendar/

Earthquakes are among the most terrifying and deadly of all natural phenomena that we face on a recurring basis. The US Geological Survey’s Dr. William Ellsworth presents an overview of the underpinnings of earthquake science and discusses important results being obtained from a new generation of scientific tools for studying earthquakes. This event is sponsored by the UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory. http://seismo.berkeley.edu/news/lawson_lecture.html