"Workshop for Teachers on Environmental Risk", Wien Assembly of the European Union of Geosciences, 25 April 2005

This special session at the EGU meeting in April 2005 has been intended to offer secondary school teachers in Physics, Geography and Earth Sciences an opportunity to upgrade their knowledge in modern geophysics around the natural hazards, through lectures and discussions with leading scientists in the field.
It has also constituted an excellent opportunity to meet and exchange experiences of teaching with colleagues from different European countries, mainly about how to approach the aspects of mitigation, assessement of natural risks in the school. 70 teachers (10 teachers from NARAS grant) from 12 countries attended the meeting.
Several educational kits were developed in collaboration with French school teachers. They include two software: SeisGram2K (educational software for the analysis of seismograms) and Cartotek (Geographical Information System for Seismology), and a tool kit with model and posters for the school (tool seismobox).
All the tools and software are implemented on the educational Website of UNSA (http://www.eduseis.ne).
A French version of a Cook-book for educational training for pupils in order to raise their consciousness about natural hazards and risks has been prepared and published in French. An English version is ready and will be be published soon.