Slinky Seismometers

We work closely with the University of Oregon’s STEM CORE Program and here we have partnered with them (under the direction of  Bryan Rebar and Dean Livelybrooks) to host a workshop on building Slinky Seismometers to detect earthquakes.  The room is full of science teachers from around the county all learning to build these devices.  The power of the program is that people learn how easy it is to build usable sensor systems that collect real data.  These seismometers, when finished, will be able to detect a 6.0 magnitude earthquake if one happens anywhere in the world.  With a network of three or more, we can even detect the location of the quake.  A link to the a series of professional grade seismometers in the northwest network can be found here: PNSN.org