DA VINCI SCIENCE CENTER SEISMOMETER RECORDS HONDURAN EARTHQUAKE
The Da Vinci Science Center’s Quakes and Shakes Seismometer has recorded an image of today’s earthquake off the northern coast of Honduras. The earthquake measured at magnitude 7.1, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The Quakes
and Shakes Seismometer, made possible by a grant from the Incorporated Research
Institutions for Seismology, measures earthquakes of moderate and large magnitude
anywhere in the world. It is available for viewing on the Da Vinci Science
Center’s exhibit floor and through the Center’s web site at www.davinci-center.org.
ABOUT DA VINCI SCIENCE
CENTER
The Da Vinci Science Center is an independent nonprofit organization that
promotes hands-on science learning through inquiry, highlights vibrant and
important career opportunities in science available to every young person,
and encourages all people to embrace curiosity, creativity, and imagination.
The Center delivered upon its mission in 2008 to approximately 75,000 people
through its dynamic exhibit floor, which features more than 200 hands-on exhibits;
its professional development programs for teachers, including its signature
Da Vinci Teacher Leader Institute for elementary teachers; its public programming;
and its outreach programs, including its Visiting Scientist Lab (VSL) programs
and After-School Science Lab (ASL) programs. The Da Vinci Science Center stresses
the inquiry method. Utilized by scientists and recognized as the most effective
way to learn, the inquiry method encourages questioning, experimenting actively,
observing, communicating results, and connecting all knowledge. Additional
information can be found on the web at www.davinci-center.org.
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