Curated OER
Galapagos Volcanoes
A very interesting video on the volcanoes of the Galapagos Islands awaits your class. The animals who live there are also featured. The giant tortoises of the islands are a special focus of this video. The tortoises are heavily impacted...
Curated OER
Mid Ocean Ridges, Volcanoes, and the Arctic
Journey underwater for a better look at the tectonic plates and the volcanoes they create. Although this video is slightly dry, it is packed with valuable information and easy-to-understand visual images. Consider using a portion to...
Curated OER
The Solid Earth - Environmental Science
What is the solid part of the earth and how does it effect our environment? Professor Paul Tackley explains how the active, solid part of the earth is responsible for volcanoes, earthquakes, and plate tectonics. He uses solid examples...
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...
Curated OER
Earth Science: The World Below
This three-minute clip provides a quick overview of what we know about the planet Earth. It covers drilling, the layers of the Earth, and Earth's basic composition. The narration is very clear and easy to follow, unfortunately the clip...
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.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Plate Tectonics: The Hawaiian Archipelago
This video segment adapted from NOVA uses animation to show the relationship between the movement of a tectonic plate and whether volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands are active or dormant. 4m 38s
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Earth Videos: Volcanic Eruption From Space
NASA video of a volcanic eruption in Japan as seen from the International Space Station. (Length: 9 sec.)
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Doomsday Volcanoes Clues Inside a Volcano
Are three seemingly separate volcanoes in Iceland actually connected to each other? For the first time, scientists can study a volcano from the inside and find out that these volcanoes are actually connected. Find out how in this video...
PBS
Pbs Nova: Mt. St. Helens: Back From the Dead
Mount Saint Helens erupted in 1980 destroying over 200 square miles of forest. This film [01:00:00] examines the renewal of what had become a wasteland. Witness the process trough stunning cinematography and time lapse photography....
The Kid Should See This
Tksst: Volcanic Eruptions 101: How It Happens
Discover the anatomy of a volcano, and how the unseen underground variables can make it difficult to know how a volcano might behave. [1:54]
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]
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Hawaii Is a Hot Spot Volcano
A video exploring how the hot spot below Hawaii gives us evidence for plate movement and also creates the islands. [8:11]
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Subduction Zone Volcanoes
A video exploring places where subduction zone causes volcanoes to form. [5:24]
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Two Different Kinds of Volcanoes
Learn the difference between an effusive and an explosive volcano in this video. [2:58]
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Volcano Geochemistry Windows to Earth's Interior
Geologist Dr. Elizabeth Cottrell, describes why she considers volcanoes "lungs of the earth" in this webcast. [29:15]
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Volcano Monitoring: Measuring Magmatic Gas
Measuring magmatic gas emissions helps seismologists identify volcanoes which are ready to erupt. Check out this animated video illustrating the process. [1:24]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Lava Sampling on Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientist Mike Garcia draws lava samples at the foot of the active Kilauea volcano to see if it is related to its neighboring volcano, Mauna Loa.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Volcanoes in the Infrared
In this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, satellite imagery and infrared cameras are used to study and predict eruptions of volcanoes in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. [2:53]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Earth Videos: Fun Volcano Song
Sing along to this music video to help learn vocabulary for the study of volcanoes, while watching volcanic eruptions at the same time. (Length: 1 min. 57 sec.)
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Earth Videos: Volcano Lightning
Video of a volcanic eruption in Hawaii that demonstrates the phenomenon of 'dirty lightning' where bolts of lightning are generated in the ash clouds. (Length: 1 min. 5 sec.)
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Earth Videos: Amazing Volcano Video Clips
Watch as volcanoes erupt, magma explodes from craters and lava destroys a helpless car. [0:32]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Geology: Pacific Ring of Fire: Lesson 1
This lesson introduces and explores the Pacific Ring of Fire. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Geology: Pacific Ring of Fire."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Geology: Plate Tectonics: Lesson 2
This lesson introduces the plate tectonics of the world and discusses their effects on the earth. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Geology: Plate Tectonics."