There is growing concern that the quality of science education today is not adequate to provide students with the level of scientific literacy they will need to be effective citizens in the 21st century. To address this concern, Educational Seismology Projects (ESPs), such as the Texas Educational Seismic Project (TX-ESP) and the Boston College (BC) Educational Seismology Project (BC-ESP) promote inquiry-based learning and investigative methods in Earth science classrooms, at public events, and in after-school activities. TX-ESP is a 501c3 Non-Profit Public Charity which focuses on educational seismology outreach and collaborative research with BC-ESP. BC-ESP is operated by BC’s Weston Observatory, a research and science education center of its Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Our common goal is to enhance science education by offering opportunities for students, teachers, and the public to be directly involved with research scientists. Through our educational partnerships, we make a difference in the lives of citizens and students of all ages and in differing socio-economic circumstances by engaging in hands-on learning opportunities and teaching science as it is actually practiced. The science of seismology forms an excellent foundation for this endeavor because: (1) it is an interdisciplinary science that requires integration of many STEM concepts, and (2) it teaches how the natural environment impacts our everyday lives. A particular advantage of this collaboration is the locations of our ESPs. BC-ESP is located far from plate boundaries, where students don’t tend to record as many earthquakes as they do at TX-ESP, which is much closer to plate boundaries and thus records more earthquakes, with stronger signals, than BC-ESP. When BC-ESP students see the TX-ESP recordings (on their own web-interface), they often find more subtle signals of the same earthquakes on their New England seismograms. This provides teachable moments for students at both locations to investigate seismic wave propagation and attenuation, as well as differences in seismicity between intraplate and plate boundary environments. Also, TX-ESP students leverage a high-quality seismology curriculum through BC-ESP’s research experience and its successful, long-term ESP presence in New England.