What is PEPP?
PEPP (Princeton Earth Physics Project) is a nationwide educational outreach program that combines state-of-the-art seismological research with hands-on classroom training for middle and high school students in the physical and earth sciences. Initiated in 1992 by Professor Gusst Nolet at Princeton University, the PEPP project has developed into a major nationwide program with nearly 100 participating schools and universities across the United States. Map of national PEPP seismic network (exclusive of Alaska). What Does PEPP Do? The PEPP program has forged a new partnership among university-based academic researchers and middle and high school teachers and students. Research-quality seismographs are set up in physics and earth science classrooms, where middle and high school teachers and students collect, analyze and interpret scientific data. Teachers and students are given training in creating hypotheses, collecting and interpreting data, and how to present results, culminating in a w
