“Attention Chevak, this is an Earthquake Alert: Please take cover!”
This warning message resonated through the room as four Chevak high school students demonstrated their seismic alert system, the pinnacle of their Shake Challenge Symposium presentation.
The Shake Challenge Symposium, held March 4-5, 2023, was the major culminating event for participants in the T3 Shake Ambassador Club. Teams of students from participating schools around the state gathered at the University of Alaska Fairbanks to present and demonstrate their seismic alert systems, programmed using live data from their school seismographs. The symposium was designed to provide Shake Ambassador students with a fun and engaging learning experience that emulated a professional conference-style event. Team awards included “Most Creative,” “Best Presentation,”…
