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Football Quakes as a Tool for Student Engagement

2018; Seismological Society of America; Volume: 89; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1785/0220180078

1938-2057

Paul Denton, S. Fishwick, Victoria Lane, Debra Daly,

Railway Engineering and Dynamics

Research Article| June 20, 2018 Football Quakes as a Tool for Student Engagement Paul Denton; Paul Denton aBritish Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, pdenton@bgs.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Stewart Fishwick; Stewart Fishwick bSchool of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, Sf130@le.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Victoria Lane; Victoria Lane cSEIS‐UK, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, Vl36@le.ac.ukDad24@le.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Debra Daly Debra Daly cSEIS‐UK, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, Vl36@le.ac.ukDad24@le.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Paul Denton aBritish Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, pdenton@bgs.ac.uk Stewart Fishwick bSchool of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, Sf130@le.ac.uk Victoria Lane cSEIS‐UK, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, Vl36@le.ac.ukDad24@le.ac.uk Debra Daly cSEIS‐UK, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, Vl36@le.ac.ukDad24@le.ac.uk Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 20 Jun 2018 Online Issn: 1938-2057 Print Issn: 0895-0695 © Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2018) 89 (5): 1902–1907. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220180078 Article history First Online: 20 Jun 2018 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Paul Denton, Stewart Fishwick, Victoria Lane, Debra Daly; Football Quakes as a Tool for Student Engagement. Seismological Research Letters 2018;; 89 (5): 1902–1907. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220180078 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search ABSTRACT In 2016, students from the geology department at Leicester University used simple low‐frequency geophones and low‐cost seismic dataloggers set up in a primary school and local museum within the city of Leicester to record crowd‐induced vibrations from the King Power Stadium, home of the Leicester City Football Club, a professional soccer team in the English Premier League. Clear signals were detected every time the home team scored a goal, which the students named “Vardyquakes” on social media after the team’s star striker. After a student‐led social media campaign, the story was picked up by the press and turned into a viral news story, leading to hundreds of newspaper articles in papers around the world, together with dozens of TV news stories and interviews with the students. However, the true success of this project was in finding an engaging and reliable tool for encouraging university students to participate in outreach activities with local schools. The football quakes provided a regular and predictable seismic signal that was easy to understand and provided an opportunity to explain to school students how seismic waves are created and can travel through the ground. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.