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Learners investigate the processes and characteristics of volcanoes. They watch real-life videos of volcanoes and identify the physical features and eruption types, create a notebook of volcano characteristics, and identify volcano locations on a map.

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plate tectonics, volcanoes

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plate tectonics, volcano characteristics, volcanoes, science
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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