Bloomberg
Pacific Ring of Fire: Volcanic Eruption in Indonesia
Oct. 9 -- Bloomberg's Adam Johnson reports on a volcano erupting in Indonesia on Money Clip. (Source: Bloomberg)
Curated Video
Indonesia's Sinabung volcano spews hot ash
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST: AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYTanah Karo, North Sumatra - 17 January 20171. Cloud of ash emanating from volcano2. Various of volcanic material sliding down sides of volcano3. Various of...
Curated OER
Inside a Volcano
A fascinating video on the role volcanoes played in the formation of Earth is here for your class. The video shows how it was volcanic eruptions that led our planet out of the ice age by spewing carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere....
Curated OER
Carbon Cycle and Global Warming
Carbon is all around us, as shown in this cartoon animation. The carbon cycle is portrayed simply and accurately with fun cartoon plants and animals. Use this video in an elementary or junior high class to facilitate your learners'...
PBS
How Volcanoes Froze the Earth (Twice)
Volcanoes contributing to freezing seems counterintuitive, but it's true. The freezing and thawing of the earth has happened multiple times in the planet's history. Scholars learn how the carbon cycle contributed to Earth's temperature...
PBS
How a Supervolcano Made the Cenozoic’s Coolest Fossils
Volcanoes cause mass extinctions, climate change, and physical alterations of our planet. They also create great fossil records, time markers in layers of Earth, and an interesting way to study geology. A video describes how one...
Physics Girl
The Unusual Formation of the Hawaiian Islands
How are the Hawaiian Islands different from other island chains? Discover the surprising geologic history of Hawaii with a video from a cool physics playlist. The narrator takes a hike with some geologists and discusses mantle plume...
SciShow Kids
All About Volcanoes: How They Form, Eruptions and More!
How do volcanoes form and why do they erupt? Does magma change as it reaches Earth's surface? These are some of the questions that are under investigation in a video that explains the science around volcanoes.
Curated OER
Erupting Volcano - Sick Science! #070
Create your own volcano using this recipe for fun. Using yeast, hydrogen peroxide and water, your class can make their own volcanoes. This is an easy way to illustrate this natural phenomenon as well as chemical reactions.
Curated OER
Through the Lens
A fascinating video which documents a National Geographic photographer's descent into a crater filled with molten lava is documented here. The crater is on the island of Ambryn, which is in the South Pacific Ocean. Incredible stuff!
Curated OER
3 Questions: Volcanoes!
Three questions regarding volcanoes are posed to a volcanologist. The questions are: can a human do anything to make a volcano erupt?, is "volcanologist" spelled with a "u" or an "o"?, and what is your favorite volcanic eruption of all...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Mount Pinatubo: Predicting a Volcanic Eruption
This video segment adapted from NOVA relates the dramatic story of vulcanologists trying to predict the timing of the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. Essay and discussion questions as well as related links follow.
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Basin & Range: Volcanoes
Animation explores how basin and range processes can lead to four types of volcanic eruptions. [1:10]
National Geographic
National Geographic: Destructive Power of Landslides
Dangerous rain induced landslides are explained and presented in this weather oriented National Geographic Video. [3:46]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Volcano "Screams" Before Eruption
Some volcanoes experience a large number of pre-eruption earthquakes.