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NASA

Nasa: Our Restless Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation library is a great resource for a diverse list of earth science topics including: tsunamis, land subsidence, magnetic fields, volcanoes earthquakes, floods, and sea level changes.
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Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: This Dynamic Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
Research and explore past earthquake and volcanic activity on this interactive world map. User can manipulate which notable events and other map characteristics to view depending on the type of study being done.
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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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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Interpreting Live Data

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students will be using live data about volcanoes and earthquakes to look for patterns and understand why natural disasters may or may not be able to be predicted. Resources include helpful websites, a video of the lesson in action,...
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Madagascar: What Are Tectonic Plates and How Are They Moving?

For Students 5th - 7th
This lesson teaches students about tectonic plates, plate boundaries, and their role in earthquakes and volcanoes.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Mountains, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces students to the formation of mountains, volcanoes, and earthquakes.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Earthquakes & Volcanoes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart shows diagrams of plate tectonics and how earthquakes and volcanoes are formed. Activotes are needed to answer several questions.
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Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Global Volcanism Program: This Dynamic Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive activity that allows the learner to make their own regional map using layers of their choice such as volcanoes, craters, plate tectonics, or earthquakes. This map of the Earth zooms in and out, highlights essential processes,...
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Natural Disasters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to our planet's structure and its dynamic system of natural forces through an examination of the natural hazards of earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, tsunamis, floods and tornados, as well as avalanches, fires,...
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Exploring Earth's Seismicity

For Students 9th - 10th
This sequence is an introduction to plate tectonics using evidence from topographical maps, earthquake location and depth, and volcano location using the Seismic Explorer model to investigate patterns of earthquake data and to infer the...
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Other

Digital Library for Earth System Education: Teaching Box: Mountain Building

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A suite of lessons focusing on all aspects of how mountains are formed. Inquiry-based exploration of mountain building includes the rock cycle, mountain formation, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, erosion, rocks, minerals, and...
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Other

Digital Library for Earth System Education: Teaching Box: Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A suite of lessons focusing on finding the fossil evidence for lithospheric plate tectonics. Inquiry-based exploration of plate tectonics evidence includes fossil distribution, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
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Online Course
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Essential Science for Teachers: Earth and Space 3

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
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]
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Discover Our Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Study earthquakes, volcanoes, topography, plate tectonics, and sea level change using graphs, maps, and movies. Engage in earth science knowledge discovery, critically evaluate the data and results, and reach conclusions about the earth...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Dynamic Earth Interactives

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive tutorials on plate tectonics, plates and boundaries, and the Earth's structure convey the dynamism of geologic processes, such as earthquakes and volcanoes. Takes a multidimensional approach to coverage of basic geologic...
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Interactive
National Geographic

National Geographic: Forces of Nature

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This educational site provides information about deadly forces of nature, such as, tornadoes, volcanoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes.
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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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Interactive
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
Crayola

Crayola: Birth of Islands (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site is a lesson plan that incorporates language arts, social studies, science, and art. After studying islands, and how they're formed, learners create their own models using clay. Also provides resources and adaptations. (To...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Impact of Natural Disasters on the Earth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through demonstrations and other research, students explore the impact of various natural disasters on the earth. The disasters include floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, and earthquakes.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Writing to Support the Theory of Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson helps students use images that depict earthquakes, seafloor ages, topography, and volcanoes, and then make a scientific argument supporting the Theory of Plate Tectonics.
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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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NOAA

Noaa: Environmental Technology Lab: Infrasonics Program

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource focuses on research of infrasonic sounds found in the environment. It discusses such infrasonic sources as volcanoes, avalanches, severe thunderstorms, and earthquakes.
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Lesson Plan
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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