Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Race Your Marbles to Discover a Liquid's Viscosity
How do you like your mashed potatoes? Thin and whipped smooth? Or thick and mashed into chunks? Your mouth checks out not just the taste of your food, but its viscosity, or how it flows on your tongue, every time you take a bite. In this...
University of Hawai'i
Hawaii Center for Volcanology: Loihi
Loihi is believed to be one of the youngest volcanoes in the Hawaiian chain. You can view elevation maps and even take a virtual tour.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Essential Science for Teachers: Earth and Space 3
Visit an active volcano site to find out the connection between the movement of the Earth's plates and the processes deep within the Earth's interior. [58:23]
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Geo Logic: Volcanologists
With the help of GEOLogic puzzles, students are asked to resolve how many days each of several volcanologists spent at a volcano and what day they started for the volcano.
University of Hawai'i
The Hawai`i Space Grant Consortium: Viscosity
This site provides a detailed overview of viscosity, focusing on why viscosity is so important to learn and understand. Content includes the formula for determining the viscosity of a liquid, as well as a break-down of the viscosities of...
University of Hawai'i
University of Hawaii: Hawaii Center for Volcanology
This is the home page for the Hawaii Center for Volcanology. Look through this site and virtually visit the different volcanoes in Hawaii. Also provides a description of the formation of the Hawaiian Islands from volcanic activity.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Department of Mineral Sciences Collections
Search the database of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History for gems & minerals, meteorites with images, or petrology & volcanology.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Careers: Volcanologist
Find out what it takes to become a volcanologist, and what is involved in the study of Earth's processes.
University of Hawai'i
The Hawai`i Space Grant Consortium: Viscosity Lab
This is a high school level laboratory exercise demonstrating the properties of viscosity. Standard classroom science are required to do this lab.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science in Paradise: Paradise Postponed
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.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science Italian Style: Eruption!
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...