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Volcano Under the City
Learners examine the different flow rates of liquids and how lava's viscosity influences flow. For this liquids lesson students complete several handouts and a lab activity.
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Plate Tectonic - Volcanoes
Students watch and learn the different levels of "viscosity" in liquids to explain molten lava after viewing a video of a Hawaiian volcano.
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Modeling an Active (!!) Explosive Volcano
Students examine how gas pressure causes eruptions of explosive volcanoes, and demonstrate how the build-up of gas from dissolving alka seltzer causes the lid of a film canister to blow off. They compare/contrast between the model and...