Raspberry Shake Schools Program
Schools purchase a low-cost Raspberry Shake seismometer package to install on campus, giving students hands-on experience collecting real-time seismic data (from footsteps to real earthquakes) and joining a global citizen-seismology station network with free data and software tools.
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