This interactive activity produced for Teachers' Domain shows the relationship between tectonic boundaries and the locations of earthquake events and volcanoes around the world.

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.

Investigate the science of volcanoes on the surface of the earth. Discover their types, hazards and effects.

In this interactive activity from NOVA Online, explore the main features of the Nyiragongo volcano, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and learn what risks it poses to the 500,000 people who live in its shadow.

PBS's The Savage Earth provides online learning associated with the series including vivid pictures, animations, and detailed information about volcanoes. Learn about the formation and causes of volcanoes as well as the characteristics...

Discusses volcanoes and what causes them to erupt, the types of volcanoes and eruptions, underwater eruptions, the structure of a volcano, and the impact of a volcanic eruption.

A look at some of the methods and problems with forecasting volcanic eruptions.

This is an online book about Hawaiian volcanoes. You can learn about the past, present and future of the Hawaiian volcanoes.

Features data collection for natural disasters and maps the trends giving us an idea of where disasters have a tendency to strike.

Instructional module focusing on plate tectonics. Discussion includes plates, plate boundaries, and driving forces. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to the topic.

For this activity, students explore how the viscosity of lava affects the intensity of a volcanic eruption, and the resultant landforms that are created.

A thorough description of Mexico's geography and climate. Also provided is a temperature (C and F) converter, and links to other geography-related website concerning Mexico.

Come and learn how to begin to help parents and educators address the aftermath of a natural disaster with children through reading and books. This site features a list of titles to begin this journey of healing.

A comprehensive site covering everything from volcanic structures to pyroclastic materials. View pictures of major volcanic landforms, and volcanic rocks.

Learn about the different ways that volcanoes erupt. These eruptions are closely related to the kind of volcanic activity that is occurring. Includes a quiz at the end.

Students learn about glacial and volcanic features by examining and comparing bathymetric and topographic images of the Sand Point area of Alaska.

Succinct descriptions of the different kinds of volcanoes, with additional links for each.

In this lesson the students will work in groups to make their own volcanoes and learn the different aspects of a volcano.

Volcanoes are one of the most dynamic, powerful, and visible forces on Earth. This interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service uses images to describe different types and parts of volcanoes, volcanic rocks, magma, and...

This interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service illustrates the variety of landforms and features created by volcanoes. Featured are calderas, craters, fumaroles and other geothermal features, igneous rocks, lava flows,...

Learn how different types of Earth processes change Earth's surface.

This video [0:51] from PBS explores Hawaii's unique geography, with a focus on volcanic explosions. Topics include tsunamis, rockslides and volcanoes, along with a discussion of the work of vulcanologists.

A reference page describing the different types of volcanoes.

Did you know the most productive volcanic systems on Earth are beneath the ocean? This reference page will explore the features and properties of these submarine volcanoes.