Education

This page hosts information on the educational aspects of the project:

Educational Workshop announcement and FAQ (frequently asked questions)
Description of low-cost seismic sensors and software useful for teaching purposes
Survey to assess people’s awareness about earthquakes and related topics
Be prepared flyer in the Nepali language

Please note that most of the teaching material is available under the Downloads page!

There are sufficient teaching materials for high school teachers which we have presented during the 1st and the 2nd international workshop on educational seismology in Pokhara. You can read under the Downloads pages.

January 19, 2021

Earthquake Awareness Song released

With the aim of reaching all age groups of people in Nepal to raise their earthquake awareness and to prepare them for future earthquakes, we have prepared an Earthquake Awareness Song. Program Director Prof. György Hetényi developed the idea and then the song was written and composed by Shiba Subedi,[…]

December 9, 2020

A crowdfunding campaign started

After very successful first phase of the program, seismology at school in Nepal, we have launched a fundraising campaign for the second phase of the program mainly to extend the network in the remaining part of the country. Our aim is to purchase further low-cost sensors to be installed in[…]

September 24, 2020

Impact of our program published

Another peer-reviewed article about impact of our program on earthquake awareness and preparedness has been published on 22 September in Geoscience Communication, an interactive open-access journal of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). The full-length article is available here. The Seismology at School in Nepal program thanks to all participating schools for[…]

September 17, 2020

ML6.0 earthquake near Kathmandu

According to the National Seismological Centre in Kathmandu, an earthquake of local magnitude 6.0 was reported near Kathmandu, on Wednesday morning. The epicentre of the earthquake was ~50 km east of Kathmandu, Nepal at Sindhupalchok district. The earthquake struck at 5:19 local time. This tremor has recorded by the Nepal[…]

July 24, 2020

Lockdown reduces ambient seismic noise

The “lockdown” lowering the level of environmental ground vibrations has found wide attention already in the Spring in social media and on websites (here). The full scientific treatment with examples from around the world, including this project, is now published in Science. Project director Prof. Dr. György Hetényi and project leader[…]

April 27, 2020

Project features in American news magazine

Following our research article on the Seismology-at-school-in-Nepal project was published earlier this month, the magazine of the American Geophysical Union, Eos, communicated a comprehensive news about it today. It is a good summary for all audiences, whether you know the project already or are new to it.