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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students explore volcanoes through making a volcano model. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students represent volcanoes with models and sketches. They research volcanoes and plan how to build a model. They, in groups, build a model volcano and cause it to erupt making observations before and after the eruption. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students draw an erupting volcano. They learn the components of an erupting volcano. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students examine how all mountains are not volcanoes by dramatizing how volcanoes erupt. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students explore volcanoes through making a volcano model. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students view a model of a volcanic eruption. They observe, measure and sketch the model volcano eruption, complete a worksheet and consider how models of this sort are useful to scientists who must predict the timing and effects of future eruptions. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students discover what causes earthquakes, volcanoes and floods. Using this information, they discuss how these natural disasters change the surface of the Earth. In groups, they make models, draw pictures and make them erupt. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students create their own replica of a volcano. They incorporate chemical reactions, hypotheses and conclusions about volcanoes and their eruptions. Results of their scientific experiment are communicated at the end of the lesson. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students investigate and calculate the force necessary for the eruption of a volcano. They watch and analyze videos, create a concept web using Inspiration computer software, and then participate in the construction of a working volcano that requires ten pounds of pressure for a volcano eruption demonstration. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students research on world maps active volcanoes, those that have erupted recently as well as the dormant ones. They assess the conditions on Earth and how volcanoes erupt and then create an erupting volcano with magnets and a cookie sheet for a three-dimensional look. Full Review »

