Travel on an expedition to Antarctica to see the Ross Sea through the eyes of Adelie penguins, and then discover the geology of 300,000-year-old lava flows high on Mount Morning.

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...

Students explore how different materials (sand, gravel, lava rock) with different water contents on different slopes result in landslides of different severity. They measure the severity by how far the landslide debris extends into model...

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...

Research the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano that devastated the island of Montserrat, and create a mini volcano using the chemical reaction caused by mixing baking soda and vinegar.

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...