Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Volcanoes: Can We Predict Volcanic Eruption

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful presentation on volcanoes! Why do volcanoes erupt? How do they erupt? What happens to the land? Can volcano eruptions be predicted? Find the answers by clicking on this resource!
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Far Does a Lava Flow Go?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
While learning about volcanoes, magma and lava flows, students learn about the properties of liquid movement, coming to understand viscosity and other factors that increase and decrease liquid flow. They also learn about lava composition...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Measuring Lava Flow

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students learn how volume, viscosity and slope are factors that affect the surface area that lava covers. Using clear transparency grids and liquid soap, students conduct experiments, make measurements and collect data. They also...
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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.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Igneous Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial you will learn about the types, forms, and hazards of volcanoes. The types of landform common to volcanic activity is discussed. Then, the landforms commonly resulting from intrusive igneous activity are...
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University of Hawai'i

The Hawai`i Space Grant Consortium: Volcanology Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
There are 5 experiments with teacher and student pages. EXCELLENT hands on experiments. Students can learn how lava flows, lava layering and viscosity.