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- 8th - 12th
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Students use the Internet to research stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes and cinder cones. They, in groups, construct a model of a stratovolcano. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students investigate the viscosity of fluids and relate this to the flow of lava in volcanic eruptions. They first research volcanoes and then perform a simple experiment using 2 cups of liquid--one thick like syrup and one more fluid like juice. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore Mount St. Helens' quiet eruption of 2004-2005. They examine different types of eruptions and then present creative first-hand accounts of different volcanic eruptions in history. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students locate some of the 1,500 active volcanoes on a world map. Then by comparing their maps with a map of the world's tectonic plates, they discover that volcanoes occur because of the dynamic nature of the Earth's lithosphere. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine a painting. They explore how Church enhanced his view, then they create their own drawing of Cotopaxi erupting that reflects the current information they have gathered about the site and volcanoes in general. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students use a longitude and latitude map to locate volcanic structures that comprises the Ring of Fire. Finally, students n groups evaluate content information in order to create and present a group concise to a given webquest question. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students team leaders compare and contrast different types of volcanoes and in turn, teach their teammates via a jigsaw method. The rest of the team creates informational brochures explaining key information of one type of volcano. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students engage in a lesson in which volcanoes be explored and examined. After watching a video, students create volcanoes out of clay. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students discover the types of volcanoes and how engineers predict them. They observe a mock volcano eruption and take a hand vote on true and false questions about volcanoes. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students begin with an overview of the Earth's interior and how volcanoes form. They learn how engineers predict eruptions. In a class demonstration, students watch and measure a mock volcanic eruption and observe the phases of an eruption, seeing how a volcano gets its shape and provides us with clues to predict a blast. Full Review »
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