Tectonics Observatory at Caltech

Leading Tours of TO

Date	Description	Volunteers
August 1, 2013	30 students and teachers from China, England, and the US visited Caltech. They were attending a meeting of the "Multinational Youth Studying Practical Applications of Climatic Events" (MYSPACE), jointly hosted by CalState LA and JPL. Jacob Hedelius gave a presentation on "Remote sensing of aerosol and gases in LA," Coleen Roehl led a tour of the Linde-Robinson building, Jamshid Hassanzadeh gave a presentation on "CO2 in Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and rocks: An environmental perspective," and Melissa Rice gave a presentation on "Exploring Mars." (More...)	Jacob Hedelius Coleen Roehl Jamshid Hassanzadeh Melissa Rice
July 10, 2013	29 high school and middle school students from China came for a tour of the TO and Seismo Lab, as part of an exchange program led by Caltech alumni Bruce Carter, Professor Emeritus at PCC. Margaret Vinci gave the group a Seismo Lab tour, and then Melissa Rice talked to them about her work on exploring Mars.	Melissa Rice
Jun 19, 2013	Three Intel Science and Engineering Fair winners (high school students) came for a three-day tour of Caltech and JPL. They spent 2.5 hours in the GPS division: Tectonics and Paleomagnetics Seismo Lab tour Glaciers and Ice Sheets Ion Probe Lab tour Flume Lab tour	Joann Stock Mike Gurnis Victor Tsai John Eiler Jeff Prancevic & Joel Scheingross
Jun 6, 2013	22 seventh graders from Haydock Intermediate School, Oxnard USD, visited Caltech Dating fossils using mass spectrometry The world's oldest jigsaw puzzle	Adam Subhas Jen Hamon
May 19, 2013	10 third graders from St. Mark's School visited Caltech for 1.5 hours (More...) Inventor's Badge activities	Laurie Kovalenko
May 7, 2013	36 sixth graders from St. Juliana Falconieri School in Fullerton visited Caltech and took a Seismo Lab tour and a TO tour (More...) What are Fossils used for? Why study geology?	Renata Cummins Marion Thomas
May 2, 2013	36 sixth graders from Assumption School visited Caltech and took a Seismo Lab tour and a TO tour (More...) Earthquakes Plate Tectonics Today Exploration of Mars	Junle Jiang Kristel Chanard Kirsten Siebach
Apr 25, 2013	Two groups of eight 4th-graders came to Caltech for Take Our Children to Work Day. Liz led the "build your own rock collection" activity with each group for about 1/2 hour. Rocks and Minerals	Liz Boyd
Apr 12, 2013	15 boy scouts (grade 5) from Poly visited for 1.5 hours (More...) Continental drift (Pangaea puzzle) Seismo Lab tour (race S & P waves; earthquake machine)	Renata Cummins Erin Burkett
Apr 12, 2013	15 high school juniors from Med Tech Academy, San Diego, visited for two hours (More...) Simulating real landslides with math and a computer Exploration of Mars	Adam Booth Kirsten Siebach
Mar 27, 2013	20 middle school students (grades 6,7,8) from Blair's LEARNS after-school program visited for two hours (More...) What are fossils used for? Why Earth is Special?	Renata Cummins Kirsten Siebach
Mar 7, 2013	80 fourth graders from Hamilton Elementary School, Pasadena, came to Caltech for tour of TO. Nina Lin, Kirsten Siebach, Laurie Kovalenko (More...) Rocks and Minerals Why Earth is Special Shocking Science: Static Electricity	Nina Lin Kirsten Siebach Laurie Kovalenko
Mar 5, 2013	32 sixth graders from Holy Angels School, Arcadia, came to Caltech for tour of Seismo Lab and TO. Teacher Emily Diaz. Thomas Ader and Marion Thomas. When continents collide: working in the highest mountains of the world Why Study Geology?	Marion Thomas Thomas Ader
Feb 5, 2013	28 sixth graders from St. Bede's School, La Canada, came to Caltech for tour of Seismo Lab and TO. Teacher Jeff Fox. Kirsten Siebach and Thomas Ader. More... When continents collide: working in the highest mountains of the world Rock My World: the power of volcanoes	Kirsten Siebach Thomas Ader
Jan 11, 2013	43 fourth graders from Mirman School came to Caltech for Reel Science program and then came over to TO afterwards. Gifted students, so gave them a 6th grade presentation. Teacher Shannon Stevens. Nina Lin and Thomas Ader More... When continents collide: working in the highest mountains of the world The Biggest Wave	Nina Lin Thomas Ader
Dec 4, 2012	50 sixth graders from Maimonides Academy, LA, visited the TO and Seismo Lab. Teacher Katie Farley. Nina Lin led three, one-hour tours, 10AM, 11AM, 1:30PM, with NO NOTICE! More... The Biggest Wave	Nina Lin
Nov 1, 2012	22 high school students from Clark Magnet School in Glendale came for a tour of the TO and Seismo Lab. Three volunteers gave presentations. More... Creating debris flows in the lab Counting Fringes: How geoscientists study deformation while sitting at their desks	Nina Lin Luca Malatesta Jeff Prancevic
July 10, 2012	40 high school and middle school students from China came for a tour of the TO and Seismo Lab, as part of an exchange program led by Caltech alumni Bruce Carter of PCC. Three volunteers gave presentations. More... Using mass spectrometry to date bones Exploring Mars Studying Earthquakes in California	Adam Subhas Kirsten Siebach Junle Jiang
June 5, 2012	6th graders from Holy Angels came for a tour of the TO and Seismo Lab. Three volunteers gave presentations. More... Dating bones with mass spectrometry Exploration of Mars Mars Rovers	Adam Subhas Melissa Rice Kirsten Siebach
June 4, 2012	10th grade students from South East High, Los Angeles came for a tour of the Seismo Lab.	Erin Burkett Danielle Sumy
May 3, 2012	8th grade students from Le Lycee de Los Angeles came for a tour of the TO and Seismo Lab. Four volunteers gave presentations. More... How to make earthquakes in the lab When continents collide: working in the highest mountains of the world How scientists learn how tall mountains were in the past Pourquoi étudier la géologie? or Why study geology?”	Thomas Ader Vito Rubino Marion Thomas Katie Snell
Apr 10, 2012	Middle school students from PUSD's robotics program came for a tour of Caltech. Katie Stack and Jen Griffes gave presentations to two groups of about 15 students each, about their research on the geology of Mars. More... Slides	Katie Stack Jen Griffes
Apr 3, 2012	Thirty-six 6th-graders from Assumption School, Pasadena, came for a tour of the TO and Seismo Lab. Four volunteers gave presentations (More...): Puzzled by Glaciers: Understanding these rivers of ice How to make earthquakes in the lab What it's like doing Geoscience research, and example models of plate tectonic processes Looking Inside the Earthquake Machine: How do we simulate the San Andreas Fault?	Victor Tsai Vito Rubino Erin Burkett Sylvain Barbot
Mar 1, 2012	Thirty-six 6th-graders from St. Bede's School, La Canada, came for a tour of the TO and Seismo Lab. Four volunteers gave presentations: (More...) What it's like doing Geoscience research, and example models of plate tectonic processes Looking Inside the Earthquake Machine: How do we simulate the San Andreas Fault? Looking for the next earthquake in the Himalaya Are we Children of the Stars?	Erin Burkett Sylvain Barbot Thomas Ader Jamshid Hassanzadeh
Feb 9, 2012	Seventy-five fourth graders from Hamilton Elementary School (PUSD) came for two hours and had four presentations: (More...) Rocks and Minerals (slides) Rocks and Minerals on the Move: The Story of Landscapes Out at Sea Earthquakes	Nina Lin Ajay Limaye Junle Jiang Danielle Sumy
Dec 12, 2011	A fourth grade class (about 20) from the french school LILA in the West Valley came for the day. From 10 AM to noon, Nadaya Cubas and Marion Thomas led activities such as a sandbox demonstration of mountain building and a slide show about volcanoes. After lunch, Erin Burkett gave the students a Seismo Lab tour. (more info)	Nadaya Cubas, Marion Thomas, Erin Burkett
Mar 8, 2011	Two groups of middle school students in PUSD's robotics program (about 17 students per group) came to the TO as part of their tour of Caltech (earthquake dynamics)	Sylvain Barbot
Mar 1 & 3, 2011	Another 120 sixth graders from San Marino Middle School (Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Subduction, Minerals in everyday life)	Yihe Huang, Junle Jiang, Erin Burkett, Jamshid Hassanzahdeh
Feb 1 & 3, 2011	120 sixth graders from San Marino Middle School (Subduction, Landslides, Sumatra, Minerals in everyday life)	Nina Lin, Erin Burkett, Jamshid Hassanzahdeh, Belle Philibosian
Jan 6, 2011	About 70 sixth graders from American Martyrs Catholic School (more info on Nina's activities) (more info on James's activities)	Nina Lin and James Hollingsworth
April 22, 2010	Middle and high school groups - for Caltech's "Take your child to work day"	Willy Amidon and John Galetzka
Mar 2, 2010	Sixty 6th graders from Hamilton Elementary (Caltech Web Lab Article)	Willy Amidon, Itai Haviv, Anthony Sladen
June 11, 2009	Sixty 6th graders from Hamilton Elementary	Willy Amidon, Itai Haviv, Aron Meltzner, and Michelle Selvans
June 3, 2008	Sixty 6th graders from Hamilton Elementary (Caltech Today Article)	Willy Amidon, Itai Haviv, Jean-Philippe, and Carl Tape