Dr. Dallas Abbott, Originally presented 27 Mar 2010
Dr. Dallas Abbott continues her long-time cooperation with Earth2Class with “the latest installment” in her investigations into bolide impacts in the oceans. In previous E2C programs, Dallas has shared her visits to such widespread places as the South Island of New Zealand, northern Australia, and the Tunguska region of Siberia. Today, Dallas discusses her current research in a location much closer to home–the New Jersey continental margin.
Cutting-Edge Research
Links to previous E2C Workshops provided by Dr. Dallas Abbott:
- “Impact Craters Under the Sea”—Dallas Abbott (Dec 2002)
- “Historic Impact Craters” — Dallas Abbott (Apr 2004)
- “New Revelations about Impact Craters” — Dallas Abbott (May 2005)
- “Recent Impact Craters and Human History” — Dallas Abbott (Apr 2006)
- “New News about Impact Craters” — Dallas Abbott (Apr 2007)
- “Evidence for Multiple Impact Craters Near and Far” — Dallas Abbott (Apr 2008)
- “What Really Happened? The Abiding Mystery of the Tunguska Impact 100 Years Later” — Dr. Dallas Abbott (Nov 2008)
- “Meteorite Triggered Ancient New York Tsunami?”
National Geographic News, 31 Dec 2008
“EVIDENCE FOR A TSUNAMI GENERATED BY AN IMPACT EVENT IN THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA APPROXIMATELY 2300 YEARS AGO”
A Final Report of the Tibor T. Polgar Fellowship Program by Katherine T. Cagen, Polgar Fellow
Links to selected Geological Society of America conference presentations :
- THE VARYING QUENCH TEXTURES OF IMPACT SPHERULES: A STRATIGRAPHIC TOOL?Paper No. 239-5 Presentation Time: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM THE VARYING QUENCH TEXTURES OF IMPACT SPHERULES: A STRATIGRAPHIC TOOL? ABBOTT, Dallas H., GLATZ, Christy A., and NUNES, Alice A., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000,dallas@ldeo.columbia.edu Impact spherules are …
- A POSSIBLE SOURCE CRATER FOR THE ELTANIN IMPACT LAYERPaper No. 178-7 Presentation Time: 3:15 PM-3:30 PM A POSSIBLE SOURCE CRATER FOR THE ELTANIN IMPACT LAYER GLATZ, Christy A. 1, ABBOTT, Dallas H. 2, and NUNES, Alice A. 2, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, discodollydiva@collegeclub …
- MICROFOSSIL MELTING BY THE EWING IMPACTPaper No. 239-1 Presentation Time: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM MICROFOSSIL MELTING BY THE EWING IMPACT NUNES, Alice A. 1, ABBOTT, Dallas H. 2, and GLATZ, Christy A. 2, (1) Environmental Biology, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, an224@columbia.edu, (2) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box …
- THE INTENSITY, OCCURRENCE, AND DURATION OF SUPERPLUME EVENTSPaper No. 165-0 THE INTENSITY, OCCURRENCE, AND DURATION OF SUPERPLUME EVENTSABBOTT, Dallas H., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, dallas@ldeo.columbia.edu and ISLEY, Ann, Geology Department, State Univ of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126 We define the characteristics …
- EFFECTS AND IMPLICATIONS OF A PROPOSED GULF OF MAINE K/T IMPACTPaper No. 7-16 Presentation Time: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM EFFECTS AND IMPLICATIONS OF A PROPOSED GULF OF MAINE K/T IMPACT ABBOTT, Dallas H., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, dallas@ldeo.columbia.edu and MANZER, Dominic, Systems Engineering, Code 533, Goddard Space Flight …
- DID A BOLIDE IMPACT CAUSE CATASTROPHIC TSUNAMIS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND?… (November 2–5, 2003) Paper No. 60-7 Presentation Time: 9:30 AM-9:45 AM DID A BOLIDE IMPACT CAUSE CATASTROPHIC TSUNAMIS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND? ABBOTT, DallasH. 1, MATZEN, Andrew 1, BRYANT, Edward A. 2, and PEKAR, Stephen F. 1, (1) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964 …
- A LARGE K/T CRATER IN THE GULF OF MAINE?… IN THE GULF OF MAINE? MANZER, Dominic, Systems Engineering, Code 533, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771, Dominic.D.Manzer@nasa.gov and ABBOTT, Dallas H., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000 We have assembled a suite of evidence implying a large impact …
- THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND CHEMICAL DIFFERENCES OF TEKTITES FROM A CRATER IN THE TASMAN SEA… IN THE TASMAN SEA MATZEN, Andrew K., Department of Geosciences, The Univ of Tulsa, 600 S. College Ave, Tulsa, OK 74104, andrew-matzen@utulsa.edu, ABBOTT, Dallas H., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, and PEKAR, Stephen, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia …
- COOL CRATONS AND THERMAL BLANKETS: HOW CONTINENTS AFFECT MANTLE CONVECTION… Time: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM COOL CRATONS AND THERMAL BLANKETS: HOW CONTINENTS AFFECT MANTLE CONVECTION TRUBITSYN, Valery 1, MOONEY, Walter D. 1, and ABBOTT,Dallas H. 2, (1) USGS, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, mooney@usgs.gov, (2) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, Palisades …
- TSUNAMI LAYERS IN THE HUDSON RIVER, NY -HOW MANY SEPARATE EVENTS?… (31 October –3 November 2010) Paper No. 276-12 Presentation Time: 4:15 PM-4:30 PM TSUNAMI LAYERS IN THE HUDSON RIVER, NY -HOW MANY SEPARATE EVENTS? ABBOTT, DallasH., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY 10964, dallas@ldeo.columbia.edu, CARBOTTE, Suzanne M., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory …
Classroom Resources
LESSON PLAN: “BLAST FROM THE PAST – IMPACT CRATERS”
[An “Earth2Class Workshops for Teacher” Module]
Created by: Mirtha Landaira, Lawrence Leung, and Linda McCall
E2C Summer Curriculum Development Workshop, Summer 2004
Impact Simulation Model suggested by Dallas Abbott:
“Earth Impact Effects Program”: an easy-to-use, interactive web site for estimating the regional environmental consequences of an impact on Earthhttp://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/
Hawai’i Space Grant College Teacher Page
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/CratersTe.html
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/CrateringDoc.html
Impact Cratering on a Rainy Day
http://www.teacherlink.usu.edu/tlnasa/units/PlanetaryGeology/9.pdf
Explore Craters
http://www.kidscosmos.org/kid-stuff/craters.html
“Crater Crazy” by Andrea Gianopoulos
http://www.astronomy.com/content/static/parentsteachers/activities/cratercrazy.asp
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Of course, the best way to find useful materials for your students is through a DLESE search:
www.dlese.org
Other Resources
SELECTED WEB SITES ABOUT IMPACT CRATERS
Terrestrial Impact Craters site—Calvin J. Hamilton
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/tercrate.htm
Educator’s Guide to Impact Craters
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/edu/craters.htm
Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards
http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/index.html
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/SIC/impact_cratering/intro/
Terrestrial Impact Craters, 2nd ed. by Christian Koeberl and Virgil L. Sharpton
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/craters/
Hawai´i Space Grant College Teacher Page
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/CratersTe.html
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/CrateringDoc.html
Impact Cratering on a Rainy Day
http://www.teacherlink.usu.edu/tlnasa/units/PlanetaryGeology/9.pdf
Explore Craters
http://www.kidscosmos.org/kid-stuff/craters.html
“Crater Crazy” by Andrea Gianopoulos
http://www.astronomy.com/content/static/parentsteachers/activities/cratercrazy.asp
Asteroid impact craters could cradle life (NewScientist.com, 10 Sep 2004)
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6383
SELECTED WEB SITES ABOUT TSUNAMIS
US Geological Survey Southeast Asia FAQ
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/neic_slav_faq.html
USGS Tsunami Information Links
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/bytopic/tsunami.html
Unearthing Proof of a Tsunami in the Northwest
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4629401
University of Washington “Tsunami!
”http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html
USGS Coastal & Marine Geology Program
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/
FEMA Hazards—Tsunamis
http://www.fema.gov/hazards/tsunamis/
NWS Tsunami Awareness Page
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/okx/tsunami.html
SELECTED WEB SITES ABOUT NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC TSUNAMIS
DID A BOLIDE IMPACT CAUSE CATASTROPHIC TSUNAMIS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND?
ABBOTT, Dallas H.1, MATZEN, Andrew1, BRYANT, Edward A.2, and PEKAR, Stephen F.1
(1) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, dallas@ldeo.columbia.edu, (2) Faculty of Science, Univ of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2522, Australia
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/abstract_65239.htm
New Zealand Hazard Watch
http://www.gns.cri.nz/hazardwatch/latest/index.html
Tsunami Sites in New Zealand
http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/newzealand/
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/abouttsunamis.htm
Integrating Educational Technologies
Integrating Educational Technologies into Your Classrooms: Using Digital Cameras to Tell “Science Stories”
Everybody enjoys a well-told story, and Science is full of these. Modern digital cameras–even less expensive versions–enable almost anyone to create movies and images. This month’s theme–impact craters and their tsunamis–provides excellent opportunities for your students and you to construct stories based on science.
Consider, for example, having students complete short stories for which you provide the opening lines, such as:
“The boat trip from the mainland to the vacation island went very smoothly, taking less than fifteen minutes to complete the trip. Our kayaks and camping gear atop the car constantly promised exciting hours ahead. Of course, at that time, we had no awareness of the lethal 2-ton rock hurtling at 50,000 kilometers per hour toward its impact in the ocean only 2,500 kilometers away from our island.
When we landed, we began to …..”
Or you could have your students create poetry about a meteorite impact event. Dawn Sherwood (Highland Springs HS, VA) provides guides to several kinds of poems at http://earth2class.org/er/teachers/links.php.
After your students create their short stories, poems, or other “Science Stories,” they can use digital cameras or other educational technologies (such as videotapes) to create short movies that can be shared with other classes, parents, and others.
Your assignment:
1) What characteristics make student-created stories effective as a classroom teaching tool?
2) When should this technique be used for full-class instruction, and when should they be used for small groups or individual projects?
3) Describe strategies to locate suitable for your classes.
and
4) Design a lesson plan that incorporates at least one .
E2C Follow-up:
You may send your model lesson and other responses to this “assignment” to michael@earth2class.org. If suitable, we will post your work in the E2C lesson plans and/or add them to this section of the Workshop website.