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Forces of Nature: Ring of Fire

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders will research the Ring of Fire and be able to share their findings with their partner. They will also demonstrate volcanic eruptions using a baking soda and vinegar volcano model. Then they will discover how continental...
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Death and Recovery

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, devastating plant and animal life for miles around. Two activities are included in this lesson plan. In one, learners evaluate tree rings to determine the age of a tree and the year of a volcano....
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Lesson 2 Activity 2: Mapping Mount St. Helens

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners use topographic map skills to interpret impact of the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens on the volcano's topography, and draw profile views of Mount St. Helens before and after the May 18, 1980, eruption.
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Rock My World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students conduct a hands-on experiment designed to demonstrate how continents and oceans formed and why the manner of formation is relevant to a study of volcanoes.
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Volcano Contour Models Activity and Tracing the Highs and Lows in San Francisco

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners investigate how to draw topographic contours and read topographic maps.They examine the topography of San Francisco and contrast the elevation of different points within San Francisco.
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The Eruptor

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars use the internet to research facts about volcanoes. In groups, they locate the nearest volcano near them and find photographs of volcanoes erupting. To end the lesson, they build their own model of a volcano with different...
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Ocean Explorer

The Volcano Factory

For Teachers 5th - 6th
The tectonic processes that have resulted in the formation of the Marianas Arc, and the Marianas Trench are explored. Groups of pupils access websites that give them a wealth of information about these formations. Each group must prepare...
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Inside the Crater

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore and analyze what's inside the crater of an active volcano. They research the history of powerful eruptions and how they have helped to make our planet what it is today. Each student then illustrates, designs and...
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Volcanoes

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the formation of volcanoes. In this earth science lesson plan, students build their own volcanoes in the lab using different materials. They identify the different types of volcanoes.
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Plate Tectonic - Volcanoes (K)

For Teachers K - 1st
Students observe how lava flows from a volcano by watching the teacher create a mini volcano with shaving cream.
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Volcanoes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study volcanoes. In this volcanoes activity, students read several volcano paragraphs and study the pictures or diagrams. Students then make an erupting volcano, complete website research about volcanoes, and answer several...
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Plate Tectonic - Volcanoes Post Lab

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover volcanoes that occur around the world. They identifying volcano parts.
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Plate Tectonic - Volcanoes (1)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn the different shapes of Volcanoes and discuss why volcanoes only have a few shapes.
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Plate Tectonic - Volcanoes

For Teachers K
Students examine how all mountains are not volcanoes by dramatizing how volcanoes erupt.
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Model Volcanoes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover what causes earthquakes, volcanoes and floods. Using this information, they discuss how these natural disasters change the surface of the Earth. In groups, they make models, draw pictures and make them erupt.
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Volcano Demonstration

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners watch a demonstration on how volcanoes work. In this volcano demonstration, students watch the teacher demonstrate a volcanic eruption. The teacher will change variables used to create the eruption and the learners will predict...
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Volcano Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students describe the properties of volcanoes, and explain why volcanoes are important to the environment.
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How Volcanoes Grow

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study volcanoes including rock fragments, ash, aerosols and gases.  In this volcano lesson students divide into groups and build models of the three major types of volcanoes. 
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Volcano Research

For Teachers 4th
Student demonstrates the ability to select and evaluate media. They access and organize information about volcanoes. Each student locates on a map a currently erupting volcano.
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Vibrant Volcanoes

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore volcanoes. In this science instructional activity, students discuss the characteristics of volcanoes and view a video segment about a volcano. Students examine plate tectonics.
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Volcanoes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students make a volcano out of a soda bottle, flower, salt, oil, and more. In this volcanoes lesson plan, students also read about volcanoes.
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Volcanoes:How Safe Are They?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore volcanoes, locate them on maps, record general information about volcanoes, and organize information on a fact sheet.
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There's a Volcano in my Backyard!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study Mount Ranier and its activity as a volcano.  In this investigative lesson students locate cities around Mount Ranier and complete an activity. 
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Volcano Word Chop Worksheet

For Students 4th - 6th
In this volcano vocabulary activity, students analyze a table that contains 16 words that have been chopped in half. Students find the pieces that go together and write the volcano words on the lines.

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