The TeSS project 'Developing Seismology - Teaching Seismology in Schools' is a collaborative project between four schools operating under the auspices of the EU Erasmus+ programme KA2 'Strategic Partnerships in Schools' banner. The schools involved are Torquay Girls' Grammar School, a selective state grammar school on the English Riviera (Torbay); Fulneck School, a private school based in Leeds; The Centre International de Valbonne, an international school near Nice in the south of France, and ITIS Ettore Majorana, a science-technical school based in Somma Vesuviana, Italy. The teaching of seismology in schools is already well established in certain countries; however, we felt that if we worked together, we could develop low-cost solutions to recording seismic data - thus allowing schools across Europe and the wider world to be able to record seismic events. The project would also allow the extension of this work to primary schools, so that students become more aware of the world around them. In addition, this project would allow the development of more cost-effective solutions for schools in the developing world.
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