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Lesson context: To encourage students' participation in KaAMS, they need to know the basic characteristics of volcanoes and lava flows which are investigation topics in their project. The goal of this lesson is for students to develop background knowledge on volcanology while they are participating in building different volcano models. To attain this objective, students participate in the different hands-on activities on volcanoes: gelatin volcano activity, lava layering, lava flows.  Based on the understanding of what volcanoes are, how they work, what features they have, and what lava flows are, students can determine what data they will need to collect to locate active lava flows on Kilauea.

Key science concepts:

  • Classification of volcanoes as active, dormant, or extinct 

  • Types of volcano eruptions and lava flows

Links to teacher resources:

Problems addressed in this lesson:

  • What are the different types of volcanoes?
  • What are the different types of volcano eruptions and lava flows?

Activity bursts:

Links to other resources:      

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Teacher

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FRAME

Volcanic eruption pictures 
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/
volcanoes/veruptanimation.html

Volcanic eruption pictures 
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/
volcanoes/veruptanimation.html

Building a volcano model 
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/
vwdocs/volc_models/models.html

Building a volcano model 
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/
volc_models/models.htm

EXPLORE

Gelatin volcanoes-volcano activity(1)
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/
class_acts/GelVolTe.html

Gelatin volcanoes-volcano activity(1)
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/
class_acts/GelVolTe.html

Lava layering-volcano activity(2)
http://www.spacegrant.
hawaii.edu/class_acts/LavaLayTe.html

Lava layering-volcano activity(2)
http://www.spacegrant.
hawaii.edu/class_acts/LavaLayTe.html

Cake batter lava-volcano activity(3)
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/
class_acts/CakeLavaTe.html

Cake batter lava-volcano activity(3)
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/
class_acts/CakeLavaTe.html

Active, dormant, extinct volcanoes
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/
vwdocs/kids/volcano_project/
activity.html

Active, dormant, extinct volcanoes
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/
vwdocs/kids/volcano_project/activity.html

Volcanic eruption
http://www.pgd.hawaii.edu/~scott/eruption.htm

 

Types of volcanoes and lava flow http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/
volcano_types/index.html

Types of volcanoes and lava flow http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/
vwlessons/volcano_types/index.html

Magma
http://www.pgd.hawaii.edu/~Scott/gas.htm

Magma
http://www.pgd.hawaii.edu/~Scott/gas.htm

Hawaiian eruptions
http://www.pgd.hawaii.edu/~Scott/hwn.htm

 

Hawaiian Volcanism
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/hawaii_review/
VREV3.html

Hawaiian Volcanism http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/
vwdocs/hawaii_review/VREV3.html

Volcanology map
http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/
volcano/index.htm#regions

Volcanology map
http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/
volcano/index.htm#regions

Database for volcanoes of the world
http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/
volcano/index.htm

 

Ask a volcanologist questions 
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/
frequent_questions
/top_101/Top_101.html

Ask a volcanologist questions
 http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/
frequent_questions
/top_101/Top_101.html

Volcano questions and answers 
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/
vwdocs/frequent_questions/
group12_new.html

Volcano questions and answers 
 http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/
vwdocs/frequent_questions/
group12_new.html

Volcano eruption questions  http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/
frequent_questions/
group10_new.html

Volcano eruption questions  http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/
frequent_questions/
group10_new.html

        

 
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