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Grade Four
How do volcanoes form?

Volcanoes can change the surface of the Earth. Use these web pages to explore volcanoes and how they form. Visit sites of active volcanoes and ask questions of experts.
 
 

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Title: Augustine Activity
Description: At 9:50 AM, February 1, 2006, the Alaska Volcano Observatory changed the color code at Augustine volcano to orange. Here you can find information, view images, and learn more about this volcano.
URL: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/
Title: K12: Plate Tectonics
Description: Scientists think that the mighty forces of plate tectonics impact our world in enormous ways. Find information on these awesome forces at work.
URL: http://www.k12.com/gift/
Title: Forces of Nature: Volcanoes
Description: Watch the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens! How and why do these things form? Learn about different types of volcanoes, and how they work. Then set off your own simulation.
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/intera ...
Title: Photo Glossary of Volcano Terms
Description: Here you will find a photo glossary of volcano terms.
URL: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/images/pglossary/index.php
Title: USGS Volcano Observatory
Description: This database will provide you with many pages of volcano information. Select from facts, photo archives, images, and more!
URL: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html
Title: Rocky's Adventures
Description: Rocky the Volcano Creature is an amazing little character! He has cousins all over the world (and on other planets, too). Here you will be able to learn more about volcanoes by reading the stories, trying the simulations, building models and more!
URL: http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/kids/kurtz_stories/index ...
Title: Virtually climb the Vancori-summit!
Description: What is it like to climb a volcano? This is the start page for two virtual climbs of Italy's Mt. Stromboli. You can go right up, or stop to sightsee and see the flowers along the way.
URL: http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/volcano/virtual/index ...
Title: Volcanoes
Description: Did you know there are different types of volcanoes? Click here for photos and a brief description of each type. This page also provides links to other interesting volcano information.
URL: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/interior/v ...
Title: Build a Working Volcano
Description: Build a carbon dioxide volcano in your own kitchen.
URL: http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/Experiments/volca ...
Title: Volcano Live: Volcano News, Information and Travel
Description: View live volcano cams, films, videos, and photos of the world's volcanoes. Discover maps, information about the most active, and some frequently asked questions on volcanoes. Learn how to make a model of a volcano and more!
URL: http://www.volcanolive.com/
Title: Volcano Formation
Description: This animated page briefly describes volcanoes and how they form. If you need more information, just follow the blue links!
URL: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/interior/v ...
Title: Shield Volcanoes
Description: Where can you find a shield volcano? Click here to find out the names and locations of the most famous shield volcanoes and discover how shield volcanoes are different from other kinds of volcanoes.
URL: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/interior/s ...
Title: Earth's Active Volcanoes
Description: Click here for a page full of links to the world’s most active volcanoes. Just choose a region and select the specific area your interested in.
URL: http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/world.html
Title: Mauna Loa
Description: Mount Everest may hold a world record, but it is not the biggest mountain. Mauna Loa, located on the island of Hawaii, is the biggest single mountain. Click here to learn what makes this mountain so big.
URL: http://www.extremescience.com/MaunaLoa.htm
Title: What Is a Volcano?
Description: Where did the name volcano come from? Click here for the answer to that question and a brief description of volcanoes and volcano formation.
URL: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Outreach/AboutVolcanoes/what_ ...
Title: Volcanoes-Melting Rocks
Description: Learn how lava forms and look at two types of lava with a short video clip.
URL: http://www.learner.org/interactives/volcanoes/meltrock. ...
Title: Types of Volcanoes 2
Description: Not all volcanoes are equal! Learn about the three different types of volcanoes and their location at this colorful and informative site.
URL: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/vtypesvolcan2 ...
Title: Volcano Watch
Description: Where in the world are the most active volcanoes? This site will show you. Click here for satellite images and java animation of the most recent volcanoes.
URL: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/volcano.html
Title: Animated Movie of the Mt. St. Helens Eruption
Description: Watch Mount St. Helens blow! This page is a QuickTime movie of the eruption of Mount St. Helens.
URL: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/movies/msh.mov
Title: What's New at DLESE
Description: Search the educational resources to find a lesson for many different earth science concepts.
URL: http://www.dlese.org/library/
Title: Pompeii: The Last Day
Description: Where do you run when the sky is falling? The volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 caught most of the Roman population off guard. Would you have made it?
URL: http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/
Title: A Teacher's Guide to the Geology of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Description: If you and your students are interested in volcanoes, use this site for background information for yourself and for lesson ideas for K-12 students.
URL: http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/atg.htm ...
Title: Understanding: Volcanoes
Description: This page provides a simple lesson plan in which a model volcanoe is built to watch a sample eruption with baking soda and vinegar.
URL: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/progra ...
Title: Volcanology
Description: Here are several lessons using readily available materials to help students understand concepts related to volcanoes, such as lava flow, viscosity, and the structure of a volcano.
URL: http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/Volcanology ...
Title: Erupting Volcanoes!
Description: Learn about volcanoes through making a volcano model.
URL: http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.php?BenchmarkID= ...
Title: Understanding:Volcanoes
Description: Show how a volcano can act as a giant cooling vent for Earth’s inner core with this demonstration.
URL: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/progra ...
Title: Gelatin Volcanoes
Description: Get "jiggy” with some red gelatin and see how and why magma moves inside volcanoes. You will need gelatin, a pegboard and lots of paper towels, but the mess is worth the effort! Great background information is available at the teacher’s page.
URL: http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/GelVol.html
Title: Volcanoes
Description: What happens when a volcano forms underwater? Ms. Frizzle’s class knows and when your kids do this hands-on activity, they will know too!
URL: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=1671
Title: Making a Volanic Eruption
Description: This lesson does not have a lot of background information, but it does have good recipe for making a volcano and a great link to current volcano information.
URL: http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/weather/eruption.html
Title: Make Your Own Volcano
Description: Construct a model of a volcano and make her erupt by following these simple directions!
URL: http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/information/kids_geo ...
Title: Volcanoes
Description: Demonstrate how volcanoes erupt with this lesson on volcanoes. The instructions are vague, but include a list of materials. The best part of this page is the link to the awesome virtual field trip!
URL: http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Les ...