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What's The Difference?
Students identify geologic features that are associated with volcanoes. In this volcanic exploration lesson students compare and contrast convergent and divergent volcanoes and are able to explain why some erupt more explosively.
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Fire, Rock and Water Volcanoes!
Students participate in a demonstration that helps them visualize mudflows and how they move. In this exploratory lesson students simulate a mudflow and create an avalanche.
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Volcanic Violence
In this volcanic violence worksheet, students interactively answer 5 multiple choice questions, then click to find answers and explanations.
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Our Savage Planet in the News
Students explore extreme earth phenomenons. In this savage planet lesson, students explore and report on various types of severe weather and earth phenomenons using the Internet, a word processor, or other multimedia device.
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A Hydrothermal Adventure
Learners analyze hydrothermal vents. In this hydrothermal vents lesson, students discover the effects of hydrothermal vents on tectonic plates. Learners make model hydrothermal vents to understand how they form and operate.
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Living With the Heat: The Ring of Fire
Students investigate the planet Earth's infamous ring of fire and the life that thrives from it. In this ocean environment lesson, students investigate hydrothermal vents and how organisms thrive off their heat. Students...
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Writing Original Literary Texts - The World of Volcanoes
Students watch a video about an active volcano and use similes and metaphors to write an original poem. In this poetry and volcano instructional activity, students define similes and metaphors and brainstorm examples. Students watch a...
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V is for Volcano
In this volcano worksheet, students color the picture of a volcano and trace and write the words "V is for Volcano". Students trace, write, and color 1 time each.
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Understanding Volcanoes
In this understanding volcanoes worksheet, 4th graders use the KWL chart to write what they know, what they want to know and what they have learned about volcanoes.
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Name That Volcano
Students research volcanoes. In this volcanoes lesson, students visit websites with worksheets about the terms for volcanoes and volcanic eruptions in the world. Students complete the work online and play a game for volcano names.
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When You're Hot, You're Not!!
Students investigate volcanoes. In this landforms lesson, students locate two volcanoes on a world map. Students compare and contrast the types of volcanoes by using various Internet sites.
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Paper Modeling: Volcanoes
Pupils build volcanoes. In this visual arts lesson, students use various materials to create paper model volcanoes.
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Volcanoes: Shield or Composite?
In this volcano activity, students read a 1-paragraph selection regarding shield and composite volcanoes and then identify the 8 errors in the paragraph.
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Volcanoes
Students participate in groups to complete a volcano project. In this volcano lesson, students work in groups to follow directions and create a working, model volcano. Students then answer discussion questions about their project.
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Chemical Engineering: Volcanoes
Pupils study volcanoes using a chemical engineering project. In this volcanoes lesson, students create a model town and discuss the properties of a volcano. Pupils then make a volcano using a chemical engineering format for their town....
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Volcanoes
Students study volcanoes. In this volcanoes instructional activity, students read several volcano paragraphs and study the pictures or diagrams. Students then make an erupting volcano, complete website research about volcanoes, and...
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Crater Lakes and the Volcanoes of the Cascade Mountains
Learners study volcanoes. In this Earth science lesson plan, students read, discuss and take notes on the volcanoes of the Cascade Mountains. This lesson also includes an art project.
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The Changing Earth
Students explore the Earth's crust. In this earth science lesson, students participate in 2 activities that demonstrate physical and chemical weathering. Students also play Jeopardy with topics including volcanoes, earthquakes,...
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A Volcano Model with Pizzazz
Students create a volcano replica. In this volcano lesson plan, students construct an erupting volcano from a list of materials and instructions. Students read or listen to volcano stories during the eruption.
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Volcanic Unrest
Students explore the Ring of Fire. In this volcano activity, students discuss active volcanoes in the world and explore viscosity as they participate in a hands-on classroom activity.
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Volcano Word Chop Worksheet
In this volcano vocabulary learning exercise, 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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Volcano
In this volcano worksheet, students use the riddle key to decode the answer to a question about the largest volcano. Students write the letters in the blank and read the answer.
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Do the Research! (Mount Etna, Sicily)
For this research worksheet, students explore Mount Etna in Sicily. Students complete the research by answering four questions pertaining to the subject.
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Igneous Rock Features
In this rock worksheet, high schoolers review the characteristics associated with igneous rock features. This worksheet has 14 multiple choice questions.