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National Geographic

Mapping the Americas

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Celebrate the geography of the Americas and develop map skills through a series of activities focused on the Western Hemisphere. Learners study everything from earthquakes and volcanoes of the Americas and the relationship between...
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Curated OER

Earth Day: A Look into the World Around Us...

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders listen to an interactive lecture about Earth Day and related environmental problems and background. They observe a paper mache volcano made of recyclable material and using guidelines make their own art piece as well as...
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Curated OER

Forces of Change

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss various ways in which landforms change over time. They, in groups, research and create a reference book about landform change including tsunamis, earthquakes, weathering, erosion and volcanic eruptions.
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Curated OER

Reducing Volcanic Hazards to People and Property

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine and research major hazards to humans located in the area of volcanoes and write a general summary. Students must choose a volcano and determine what actions might be taken to reduce risks to a population. Summaries are...
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Curated OER

The Earth's Crust

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students use clay to form models of the different landforms and then complete a data table using a map, atlas, or the Internet to locate famous landforms in the United States. Students complete various activities, writing down their...
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Curated OER

Ask a Volcanologist

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students ask a professional volcanologist a question online. This instructional activity allows students to ask questions that they have chosen, and it makes scientists seem more personal to Students.
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Curated OER

Volcanic Violence

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students complete activities to study volcanic activities. For this volcanic activities lesson, students read an article about violent volcanoes. Students complete discuss questions and volcano projects for the lesson. students also take...
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Curated OER

Life on a Fiery Planet

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study the effects on the evolution of human culture from volcanic events worldwide.
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Curated OER

Plate Tectonic Cycle

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the Earth's movements by completing worksheets. In this plate tectonics lesson, students define such natural disasters as volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and mudslides and discuss their connections to plate tectonics....
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Curated OER

I Got a Lava Livin' to Do in Pompeii

For Teachers 6th
Scholars imagine themselves as citizens of Pompeii in 79 AD. First they are assigned a job (or place in society like a child or slave). Then they record their daily activities for the weeks leading up to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in...
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Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Rocks and Minerals in Our Lives

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Young geologists discover the important role that rocks and minerals play in our everyday lives through this series of hands-on activities. Starting off with a lesson that defines the difference between plants, animals, and minerals,...
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Curated OER

The Great Wave

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate tsunamis and how they are caused.  In this natural disaster lesson, students discuss earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and other causes of tsunamis.  Students conduct an experiment in which they drop objects into...
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Curated OER

2005 Submarine Ring of Fire Expedition: What's for Dinner?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students compare and contrast photosynthesis and chemosynthesis as sources of primary production for biological communities, and describe sources of primary production observed in biological communities associated with volcanoes of the...
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Curated OER

Constructive and Destructive forces

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars explore constructive and destructive forces. In this constructive and destructive forces instructional activity, students complete a WebQuest. Young scholars explore the different types of forces and their effect on the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Are You Prepared?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils research specific natural disasters using the Internet and a collection of books. The natural disasters include; floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, winter stroms, wildfires, thunderstorms, volcanoes, and earthquakes. They...
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Curated OER

Under The Sea

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study how a tsunami is formed by underwater events such as earthquakes, volcanoes or landslides. They discuss what they knew about living and non-living things in the ocean.
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Curated OER

Personal Written Response Activity

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students complete a final written project. In this personal response lesson, students respond in a creative way to one of the issues presented in the unit.  Students may choose to create a series of postcards from a natural disaster,...
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Curated OER

Mountains: A Drama Exploration

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners dramatize the formation of mountains. In this earth formation dramatization lesson plan, students read Anne Issacs', Swamp Angel, and research the how the layers of the Earth move to form landforms. They work in groups to...
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Curated OER

Earth Movers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read an online article about an earthquake and follow up with a series of discussion questions about earthquakes. They answer questions in their science journals about continental drift, plate tetonics, and their influence on...
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Curated OER

The Dynamic Earth

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars use the Internet to investigate earthquakes and plate tectonics. In this plate tectonics instructional activity, students complete a web quest with multiple links and activity types relating to earthquakes and volcanoes....
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Curated OER

How Islands Form

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students how islands form, rising water levels, growth of coral, and volcanoes. They complete Island Investigation worksheets after researching island formation on various Internet websites.
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Curated OER

Energy

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils see that energy is everywhere in nature - in the light of the sun, in wind, in falling water and erupting volcanoes. Without energy, there is no life. This lesson provides many good ideas across the curriculum to study energy.
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Curated OER

Climate Change: Is there a Controversy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore climate changes. In this climate changes lesson, students research what causes changes. Students search the Internet, summarize reports they find and create a poster with the information.
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Our Savage Planet in the News

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore extreme earth phenomenons. In this savage planet lesson, students explore and report on various types of severe weather and earth phenomenons using the Internet, a word processor, or other multimedia device.

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