Built on the proven IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) pattern, this vertical seismometer can be placed at any stable, relatively undisturbed location in your school. It will continuously deliver seismic signals to a computer for storage, analysis, and display. It detects the P and S waves generated by an earthquake and slower Rayleigh-type surface waves, as well. The School Seismometer comes with Windows® software that displays a full day's recording on a single screen and automatically saves and organizes the data for later analysis.

The software supports the identification of different types of ground waves in an earthquake, extraction of the earthquake signal, and determination of the distance and intensity of the quake.