[Free Registration/Login Required] This two-page PDF nonfiction passage entitled "Volcanoes: Magma Rising: Studying Volcanoes" discusses how they study volcanoes to learn how they work. It is part of Paired Texts: "Volcanoes: Magma...

A mountain with a center of hot magma is called a volcano. Under the right circumstances, volcanoes erupt and release a flow of lava. When this happens, they are as beautiful as they are scary and dangerous. Although most people...

Learn about the effects of volcanic eruptions.

Definitions, facts, charts, activities, crafts, quizzes, and diagrams for teaching and learning about volcanoes.

Students can form conclusions about the location and formation of volcanoes by viewing pictures and maps. These pictures show eruptions, plumes of smoke, and an underwater volcano. The map shows the location of volcanoes in the Ring of...

Read an illustrated description of how an undersea volcanic eruption formed the Caribbean island of Montserrat. Includes a lengthy description of volcanic processes and defines many volcanic terms, such as lahar, tephra, and pyroclastic...

Great resource for learning all about tornadoes. Find out how they are formed, how they erupt, the different types, and notable volcanic eruptions. Also includes safety tips, animations, and activities.

This site from the US Geological Survey contains four pages full of information. The introduction discusses how volcanoes are monitored, the technique page discusses the equipment and the case studies show data. There is a conclusion at...

This site is all about Mt. St. Helens. It contains a table of facts about the eruption of the volcano in 1980. Use the menu bar at the bottom of the page to learn more about Mt. St. Helens before, during, and after the May 18th, 1980...

Explains different types of volcanoes and provides brief descriptions of active volcanoes around the world, including their histories of volcanic eruptions.

Explains what earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are and how they are related.

From ABC News in Science, this March 2002 article describes the ozone depletion from volcanoes. According to research, a hole in the ozone layer could form over the North Pole due to one more major eruption.

During this lesson, students navigate different websites to become familiar with volcanoes. Students then describe a volcanic eruption by creating their own stories about what it was like during the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.

After the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz killed more than 23,000 people in Colombia in 1985, the U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance asked the U.S. Geological Survey to design a program to help foreign governments cope with volcano...

The volcanic eruption on March 21, 2010, that grounded flights in the UK and Europe, was not the first. In 1783, the Laki eruption wiped out a fifth of the island's population as well as tens of thousands across Europe. This article...

Research Mt. Vesuvius and scientists' preparations for a future eruption. Produce a television program about volcanoes for middle school students as part of a public information campaign to inform citizens of Washington State about Mount...

Interesting site on Pompeii. The first graphic you see is the city of Pompeii. Includes information and graphics about the volcano.

In this interactive, students manipulate a computer model that shows where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions have occurred since 1960, to make predictions, collect data and look for patterns. Includes career connection, and a question...

This site is a resource for understanding the gases that are dissolved in magma. Learn how it is critical to understand these gases because they give us clues to why volcanoes erupt.

Read about the geology and history of Mount Vesuvius in Italy, how it was formed, its destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum in AD 79, the next eruption in 1944, and what it is like today.

Students learn about the causes, composition and types of volcanoes. They begin with an overview of the Earth's interior and how volcanoes form. Once students know about how a volcano functions, they learn how engineers predict...

In September 1994, Rabaul volcano on the Papua New Guinean island of New Britain erupted. Very few people were killed due to a well designed evacuation plan. Get the details on the planning that saved thousands of lives.

The Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador has gone through a series of active and dormant periods. Follow the volcano's activity from 1773 to 2000, including a scene of an explosive eruption in 1999.

Observe the relationship among volcanoes, earthquakes and lithospheric plates by collecting data and creating maps. This activity was created to be used with the NOVA program, "Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius" but the video is not necessary...