New Jigsaw Exercise on Natural Hazards on the Island of Hawai‘i
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Natural Hazards on the Island of Hawai‘i
A New Jigsaw Exercise for Introductory Classes
A new exercise on natural hazards related to the Island of Hawai‘i is available.
In this jigsaw activity, students discover four natural hazards on the Island of Hawai‘i (tsunamis, earthquakes, lava flows, and ash from explosive eruptions). Students are first assigned to one of these four hazard areas to become specialists in, after completing an exercise which includes making a preliminary hazard zone map from a poster-size hazard map. Then the students reorganize into Hazard Assessment Teams, with one specialist from each of the four hazard areas, to develop an integrated hazard zone map based on information on all four hazards. Each Hazard Assessment Team makes recommendations about the risks of natural hazards for existing and future development in the communities of Hilo, Kailua-Kona, and Kalapana. The students then present a summary of their collaborative work.
This cooperative activity is highly effective in engaging students, offering experience to teach fellow students, increasing awareness of natural hazards in a unique geologic setting, and providing an avenue for discovery by students.
The exercise is designed for an undergraduate course in natural hazards, geology, environmental science, or oceanography. The activity requires 3-4 hours to complete. The lab activity requires the use of 4 large posters with maps that should be printed by the instructor, and an exercise sheet for each hazard group. This activity does not require any prior knowledge of natural hazards, geology, or oceanography. The exercise can be adapted for a graduate level course in disaster management, volcanology, seismology, or oceanography.
Lab materials can be downloaded from the Science Education and Resource Center of Carleton College website: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/activities/74390.html
The exercise was produced as an outreach project sponsored by the National Science Foundation Earth Science Program and with the help of colleagues at the University of Hawai‘i, U.S. Geological Survey and NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
Andrew R. Greene (Hawai‘i Pacific University; agreene@xxxxxxx)
Michael O. Garcia (University of Hawai‘i at Manoa; mogarcia@xxxxxxxxxx)
Nathan Becker (NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center; nathan.becker@xxxxxxxx)
Michael Poland (USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory; mpoland@xxxxxxxx)Volcano Listserv is a collaborative venture among Arizona State University (ASU), Portland State University (PSU), the Global Volcanism Program (GVP) of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and the International Association for Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI).
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