Video Instructions for Making GPS Placards

5min Novice

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This video provides instructions to create GPS Station Information Placards for specific GPS stations that are used for learners to model the motion of the ground and the deformation of the land between the GPS stations. The GPS Station Information Placards provide a photograph of the specific GPS station, a vector to indicate the speed and direction that the GPS station and ground is moving, and the velocity in millimeters per year. The placards are taped to the floor so that students can model the motion of the ground and the deformation of the land between the GPS stations.

Kinesthetic Modeling & Interpreting GPS Data Maps
In this activity, learners explore ground deformation at and near plate boundaries using hand and body motions, data from GPS and maps. In the 5-minute activity, learners explore the concept of vectors by kinesthetically enacting ground movement using their body and hand movements. In the 20-minute activity, learners model GPS ground motion in different regions and connect deformation to earthquake hazards. In the 45-minute activity learners distinguish between different boundary types by measuring the vectors within tectonic plates and identify regions with higher earthquake hazards, comparing their findings to earthquake shaking potential maps.
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