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National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Nagt: Discovering Plate Boundaries

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work collaboratively using data maps to discover plate tectonic boundary processes. Data sets used are earthquakes, volcanoes, seafloor age, and topography.
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National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Nagt: Where's the Volcanic Threat?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will explore the relationship between the silica content of magma and the potential for explosive volcanic activity, particularly in the Costa Rican area.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Living With Volcanoes: An Introduction to Geoarchaeology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity introduces young scholars to the interdisciplinary field of geoarchaeology through a case study of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. Short lectures with questions are given requiring analyses of a variety of data sets...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Magma Viscosity Demos

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Interactive lecture provides questions and promotes group discussions about two videos that demonstrate the links between magma composition, temperature, and viscosity.
Handout
NASA

Nasa: Space Place: What Is a Volcano?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn about volcanoes and their causes, and see some awesome eruptions caught on camera!
Handout
NASA

Nasa: Space Place: High Tide on Io!

For Students 3rd - 7th
What's it like on Jupiter's moon, Io? Find out in this short, illustrated tutorial.
Website
US Geological Survey

Usgs: Mount Baker Volcano, Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed information on Mount Baker as well as information on glaciers, hydrology, lakes and drainages and other points of interest.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Predicting Volcanic Eruptions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How scientists can predict volcanic eruptions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Supervolcanoes

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Supervolcanoes are unimaginably large volcanoes.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Supervolcanoes

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Supervolcanoes are unimaginably large volcanoes.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Types of Volcanoes

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Different types of eruptions create different types of volcanoes.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Volcanic Landforms

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Lava and magma create many types of landforms.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Volcano Characteristics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What volcanoes are and where they are located.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Volcano Characteristics

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What volcanoes are and where they are located.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Volcanoes at Plate Boundaries

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Volcanoes most often occur at plate boundaries.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Global Gis Lesson: Exploring North American Earthquakes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this series of lessons, students use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) together with the tools and data from the North America Global GIS CD to investigate earthquakes, volcanoes, and population from a local to global scale....
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Mantle Convection and Earth's Features

For Students 6th - 8th
A resource to help understand that the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates is caused by convection. The plates' movements cause geologic features on the Earth's surface.
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University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Volcanic Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource to help understand how volcanoes work and how the can affect their surroundings.
Activity
Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Volcanoes and Earthquakes

For Students 9th - 10th
As an online exhibit from the Natural History Museum, this site provides three videos on natural processes of Earth. The videos cover tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
Handout
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Natural Disasters: Volcanoes

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this EPA resource about what to do if you are in immediate danger from a volcanic eruption.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Effusive Eruptions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Effusive eruptions are relatively mild eruptions that produce lava flows.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Effusive Eruptions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Effusive eruptions are relatively mild eruptions that produce lava flows.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Explosive Eruptions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explosive eruptions cause widespread damage and are very dangerous.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Hot Springs and Geysers

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How water heated by magma may emerge as a hot spring or geyser.