Calvin Simmons Middle School

During the past year, students have been working with LHS Student Radon Research Project staff, to establish a permanent radon monitoring site at Calvin Simmons Middle School. This school is located within 2.8 kilometers of the North-Central Hayward Fault in East Oakland, California.

Calvin Simmons student scientists make weekly measurements of barometric pressure,

rainfall, and

 

soil moisture content.

 

Map showing Calvin Simmons Middle School in relation to an active trace of the Hayward Fault indicated by the vertical dashed line:

(Redrawn after Lienkaemper, 1992)