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Lesson Plan
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Rock Families

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study the three types of rock characteristics; igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. They are divided into three groups and each group takes one of the rock characteristics. They then act out the characteristics of their rock...
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Worksheet
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Volcano Challenge

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this volcano facts worksheet, students respond to 14 multiple choice questions that require them to exhibit what they know about volcanoes.
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Worksheet
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Volcanoes Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this volcanoes worksheet, students read 10 words pertaining to volcanoes. Students match these words to their definitions in another column.
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Worksheet
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Volcano Crossword

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this volcano crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 8 clues and the terms in the word bank to help them correctly complete the word puzzle.
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Lesson Planet Article
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Geological Pyrotechnics

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will be amazed at the wonders of volcanoes and learn about their characteristics as they build these models.
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Lesson Planet Article
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Visualizing Succession

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Ecosystem change is easier to understand when you use hands-on activities.
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Lesson Plan
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Exploring the Night Sky: Summer

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explain how moon phases occur. They describe and explain at least two common misconceptions that people have about the moon. Students explain what a star is. They explain 3 ways that the night sky has been used throughout history.
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Activity
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Relative Age Dating

For Students 6th - 8th
Modeling dough and paper cutouts in science class? Learn about how relative age dating concepts, like the Law of Superposition and cross-cutting relationships, can be used to describe the formation of sedimentary layers.
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Lesson Plan
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Plate Tectonic - Volcanoes

For Teachers K
Students examine how all mountains are not volcanoes by dramatizing how volcanoes erupt.
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Lesson Plan
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Volcano Demonstration

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students watch a demonstration on how volcanoes work. In this volcano demonstration, students watch the teacher demonstrate a volcanic eruption. The teacher will change variables used to create the eruption and the students will predict...
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Lesson Plan
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Plate Tectonic Cycle

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the Earth's movements by completing worksheets. In this plate tectonics lesson, students define such natural disasters as volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and mudslides and discuss their connections to plate tectonics....
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Lesson Plan
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Modifying an HTML Document

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students make changes in HTML documents by re-opening workspace for their web pages, using the text editor, and reloading document in web browser to see changes.
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Lesson Plan
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Volcanic Unrest

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the Ring of Fire. In this volcano lesson, students discuss active volcanoes in the world and explore viscosity as they participate in a hands-on classroom activity.
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Lesson Plan
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Plate Tectonic - Volcanoes Post Lab

For Teachers 1st
First graders draw an erupting volcano. They learn the components of an erupting volcano.
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Lesson Plan
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Reading the Shapes of Volcanoes on Earth and Mars

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners compare and contrast the volcanoes of Earth and Mars, and examine specific volcanoes on Mars. They model the processes that create cone and shield volcanoes, and measure the slope angles of cone and shield volcanoes.
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Handout
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole Oceanography Institute: Hot Topics: Lava Flows

For Students 9th - 10th
How long does it take a volcano to grow? What are the different types of lava? What's a lava tube? All of these questions are addressed by this resource.
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Website
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Geo Topics: Volcanoes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains what a volcano is by looking at the features, types, and the location of volcanoes The site also looks at some case studies for further information.
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Interactive
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Goodearth Graphics: The Virtual Lava Tube

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this photo archive from Goodearth Graphics to learn more about lava formations and effects.
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Predict the Flow

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using a common modeling compound, students form a "volcano" and examine its topography to predict which way lava will flow down its slopes.
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Unit Plan
Tramline

Virtual Field Trip: Volcanoes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this virtual field trip find out about how volcanoes are formed and what kind of destruction can they cause. Discover how volcanoes affect our environment and where can you find active volcanoes on earth and on other planets.
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Website
US Geological Survey

Usgs: Volcanic Hazards, Features, and Phenomena

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from the U.S. Geological Survey provides a brief list of volcano terminology including descriptions as well as links to major menus.
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Unit Plan
Other

Internet Geography: Volcanoes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Investigate volcanoes with this interactive site containing a virtual field trip and other activities.
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Graphic
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Image Map of Types of Volcano Hazards, With Links to Detailed Descriptions

For Students 9th - 10th
Clearly labeled diagram of a volcanic eruption, with a focus on the hazardous effects of landslides, pyroclastic flows, lava flows, eruption clouds, acid rain, tephra, and lahars.
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Website
Other

Puna Ridge: Voyage to Puna Ridge

For Students 9th - 10th
On January 3, 1983, fountains of lava erupted from a fissure on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, sending rivers of molten rock flowing towards the sea. Nearly 16 years later, the eruption continues with no sign of letting up. This site provides...