EOS5.3 | GIFT - Geoscience Information for Teachers (by invitation only)
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GIFT - Geoscience Information for Teachers (by invitation only)
Convener: Stavros StathopoulosECSECS | Co-conveners: Gina P. Correia, Phil Smith, Jean Luc Berenguer, Friedrich Barnikel
Programme
| Mon, 04 May, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), 14:00–18:00 (CEST)
 
Room -2.33, Tue, 05 May, 08:30–12:30 (CEST), 14:00–15:40 (CEST)
 
Room -2.33, Wed, 06 May, 08:30–12:30 (CEST)
 
Room -2.33
Programme
Mon, 10:45
A two-and-a-half-day teacher enhancement workshop proposed by the EGU Education Committee. GIFT 2026 will offer lectures from top-level scientists, practical activities and a poster session to 80 selected teachers of secondary (and primary) schools from Europe and beyond. The topic for 2026 will be "Natural Hazards, Human Impact and Earth's Resources: Shaping Life and Earth".

Programme: Mon, 4 May, 10:45–09:15 | Room -2.33

The oral presentations are given in a hybrid format supported by a Zoom meeting featuring on-site and virtual presentations. The button to access the Zoom meeting appears just before the time block starts.
10:45–11:00
Welcome
11:00–11:45
The Initiatives of the EGU Education and Outreach Committees / Stavros Stathopoulos, Solmaz Mohadjer
11:45–12:20
Finding the sources of historical tsunamis to better assess the hazard : the example of the 1956 Amorgos tsunami (Cyclades, Greece) / Frederique Leclerc
12:20–12:30
Instructions for the poster and the hands-on sessions
Lunch break
14:00–14:50
Exploring site effects during an earthquake – a hands-on activity / Jean-Luc Berenguer, Florence Bigot-Cormier
14:50–15:45
Tips for Teaching about Natural Hazards: Hands-on Activities on Floods and Volcanoes / Anett Kádar, Giulia Realdon, Gina P. Correia
Coffee break
16:15–17:05
Natural Hazard Demonstrations and Hands - On Activities for Teaching / Solmaz Mohadjer
17:05–18:00
Natural Hazard Demonstrations and Hands - On Activities for Teaching / Bruce Malamud

Programme: Tue, 5 May, 08:30–09:15 | Room -2.33

The oral presentations are given in a hybrid format supported by a Zoom meeting featuring on-site and virtual presentations. The button to access the Zoom meeting appears just before the time block starts.
08:30–09:15
Examples of Earth Observations Applications to Natural Hazards / Francesco Sarti
09:15–10:00
Climate Hazards / Sonia Seneviratne
10:00–10:15
Group Photo
Coffee break
10:45–11:40
Artificial Intelligence, Hazards, Risk and Resilience: Ideas and Activities for the Secondary School Classroom / Bruce Malamud
11:40–12:30
The Earthquake Shadow Meter: An analog tool for visualizing and calculating seismic shadow zones in the classroom / Olga Villagrasa
Lunch break
14:00–14:50
On forest fires / Margarita Arianoutsou-Faragitaki
14:50–15:40
Resources and Pollution in seabed mining / Peter Bernhardt

Programme: Wed, 6 May, 08:30–12:30 | Room -2.33

The oral presentations are given in a hybrid format supported by a Zoom meeting featuring on-site and virtual presentations. The button to access the Zoom meeting appears just before the time block starts.
08:30–09:15
Critical raw materials / Holly Stein
09:15–10:00
Geostorage: How Earth’s Geology Enables the Energy Transition / Katriona Edlmann
Coffee break
10:45–11:30
Powering the Future: A Geoscience Perspective on Renewable Energy / Siddharth Joshi
11:30–12:15
Examples of classroom exercises using the ESA School Atlas / Francesco Sarti, Connor Rhys Heeney, Clara Cruz Niggebrugge
12:15–12:30
General Session, Concluding Remarks and Goodbye
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