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Center for Educational Technologies

Center for Educational Technologies: Exploring the Environment: Volcanoes

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about volcanoes and apply what you know to making decisions about how to handle real world situations. You will find lots of supporting materials for these activities.
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Extreme Science

Extreme Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the science behind the "extremes" in our world. Organized into sections on earth science, the animal kingdom, technology, and space science, this site opens your eyes to giant creatures, amazing technological advances, vast...
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Other

Internet Geography: Volcanoes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Investigate volcanoes with this interactive site containing a virtual field trip and other activities.
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Other

K 3 Learning Pages: Tsunami Disaster

For Students K - 1st
This site features several links to tsunami relief sites. Students and teachers can access information about the tsunami relief efforts through these resources.
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US Geological Survey

Us Geological Survey: Hawaiian Volcanoes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the US Geological Survey provides general information about the Hawaiian volcanoes.
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US Geological Survey

Usgs: Volcanic Hazards, Features, and Phenomena

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from the U.S. Geological Survey provides a brief list of volcano terminology including descriptions as well as links to major menus.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Global Volcanism Program

For Students 9th - 10th
The Global Volcanism Program website provides documentation, understanding and general information about global volcanic activity.
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Other

Awesome80s.com: Mt. St. Helen's Eruption

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the eruption of Mt. St. Helen's. Includes first-hand descriptions by geologists. Also includes a table which lists other notable volcanic eruptions that have happened in the 20th century.
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Michigan Technological University

Michigan Technological University: Volcanoes

For Students 9th - 10th
Volcanology is meant to provide scientific and educational information that can lead to hazard mitigation. This website aims to provide information about volcanoes to the public and to complement other informational sites on the web....
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Volcanoes Interactives

For Students 9th - 10th
A full-featured investigation of volcanoes that answers questions about our ability to predict eruptions. Site begins with a review of the fundamentals (defines lava, magma, and related terms and describes how volcanoes form) and then...
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NASA

Nasa: Mt. Rainier

For Students 9th - 10th
A radar image of Mt. Rainier can be seen on this page. Mt. Rainier had its last eruption 150 years ago. Click on this page to find out more info.
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NASA

Nasa: Our Restless Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation library is a great resource for a diverse list of earth science topics including: tsunamis, land subsidence, magnetic fields, volcanoes earthquakes, floods, and sea level changes.
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US Energy Information Administration

U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Renewable Geothermal Energy Energy From the Earth's Core

For Students 3rd - 8th
Did you know that the earth produces incredible amounts of heat or geothermal energy? This heat can escape in dramatic volcano eruptions, but it can also escape as steam through geysers and other sources. Learn how this heat can be...
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Volcano

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Definitions, facts, charts, activities, crafts, quizzes, and diagrams for teaching and learning about volcanoes.
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Center for Educational Technologies

Nasa Classroom of the Future: Volcanoes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to discover some interesting facts about volcanoes and how they affect the earth. See some great animation and photos of volcanoes as well.
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Popocatepetl Volcano in Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
General information on the Mexican volcano. View graphics of Popocatepetl and learn about the eruption process.
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CNN

Cnn: Ring of Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists say that the Ring of Fire is coming back to life. Discover which volcano might be next to erupt.
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US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Volcano Monitoring Using Global Position Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how the U.S. Geological Survey uses global positioning systems (GPS) to monitor active volcanoes.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Savage Earth: Ring of Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
A report on the ring of fire. You can click on the graphic to see a map of the ring of fire.
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Science Is a Volcanic Eruption!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This lesson plan is designed to teach young children about volcanoes by making a model volcano and having it erupt.
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Other

Disaster Pages: The Tsunami Page

For Students 9th - 10th
FAQs about tsunamis address the reasons they occur and the destruction they cause. Also, learn about systems in place that provide Tsunami warnings as well as the data collected by scientists studying violent earthquakes and seismic sea...