UK School Seismology Project 'real science with real data'

Earthquake corner at St Edward's Junior High, Leek

Keith Brown MSP (Minister for Schools and Skills) visited Dunblane High school to learn about how they are using their School Seismometer.

Glasgow teachers grateful for all practice IKEA gave them with allen keys

The school seismology project enables schools to detect signals from large earthquakes happening anywhere in the world.

The sheer destructive power of earthquakes has always held a fascination for children. This project capitalises on this natural interest by making use of earthquakes and seismology as a unifying theme to teach a range of basic science concepts.

detect world earthquakes in the classroom using a simple seismometer system
exchange your Earthquake data with schools around the world
use seismology to teach geography and physics lessons with our classroom resources developed with the SEP
NEWS! Japan Earthquake — March 2011