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Handout
Oregon State University

Volcano World: Eruption Styles

For Students 9th - 10th
Study the different eruption styles with this reference page that discusses the characteristics of the eruption styles.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Geo Topics: Volcanoes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explaines 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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Unit Plan
Geographypods

Geographypods: Theme 2: Natural Environments

For Students 9th - 10th
A rich collection of highly engaging learning modules on topics related to the natural environment. Covers four main areas - plate tectonics, forms and processes, weather and climate, and rainforest and desert. Within each of these,...
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Handout
Other

Geocraft: When Ocean Floor and Continents Collide

For Students 9th - 10th
Educational site provides users with some understanding of how a volcano forms through the process of subduction.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Geo Logic: Volcanologists

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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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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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Igneous Rocks Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use samples of four different types of igneous rocks to observe differences in texture, color, and grain size, and then make inferences about the relative cooling histories and silica content associated with each magma type.
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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
NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Putting Earthquakes in Their Place

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the location of faults by viewing a schematic Global Tectonic Activity Map. View the location of different types of faults, active spreading centers and volcanoes
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: A Complete List of Natural Disasters

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains what a natural disaster is and provides a list of every type along with a short description of each.
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Unit Plan
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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Article
Ohio State University

Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: The Forces That Change the Face of Earth

For Students 4th - 9th
Learn how different types of Earth processes change Earth's surface.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Volcanic Landforms

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Lava and magma create many types of landforms.
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Interactive
Math Science Nucleus

I. Science Ma Te: Integrating Science, Math and Technology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site offers a wealth of online textbook-related materials that encourage the discovery of science in the world around us. Enter the site to access material on specific topics. Each section contains reading material (complete with...
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Website
PBS

Nova: Seismic Signals

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists have determined that the earthquakes preceding volcanic eruptions are different than those that precede earthquakes. Discover the sounds and wave patterns produced by the three different types of volcanic seismic activities.
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Handout
University of Chicago

Ten Risky Places United States

For Students 9th - 10th
Hazards of different types affecting areas of varying size are assessed in California, Seattle, Hawaii and elsewhere.
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Activity
Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Chocolate Lava

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn about the two different types of lava in this hands-on science experiment that uses chocolate as lava. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of the difference between the two.
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Website
The Field Museum

Field Museum: Exhibits: Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the true powers of Mother Nature through this vivid collection of research which delves into the causes of natural disasters and the impacts on those affected.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: A Data Rich Exercise for Discovering Plate Boundary Processes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article in the Journal of Geoscience Education describes a classroom exercise based on four world maps containing earthquake, volcano, topographical and seafloor age data. Students participate in this exercise by using a "jigsaw"...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Writing About Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is a writing assignment focussed on the use of data to support the theory of plate tectonics. It includes a scoresheet that was created for a calibrated peer review assignment. The assignment directs students to determine the...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Naturally Disastrous

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to natural disasters, and learn the difference between natural hazards and natural disasters. They discover the many types of natural hazards - avalanche, earthquake, flood, forest fire, hurricane, landslide,...
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Unit Plan
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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Article
Other

West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey: Mountains

For Students 9th - 10th
Site for general information about mountains. There is a downloadable PDF of this article with pictures.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers:nordic Sagas: Island Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore how life invades, colonizes and changes over time. Model a shallow underwater volcano to see what type of island forms, investigate seed dispersal methods and describe how wing size and shape determine which birds fly where.

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