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  • Tech trek: Viewing volcanoes

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    Help students make real-world connections to Earth science concepts such as volcanoes with the help of modern technology. This article enumerates several websites where students can explore these forces of nature in a…

  • Commentary: Curriculum Versus the Volcano

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    An opinion piece about the vinegar-volcano chemistry demonstration, and how science teachers have the tendency to fall back on dramatic demonstrations presented without much explanation or application.

  • Predicting The Timing And Location of the Next Hawaiian Volcano

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    The wealth of geologic data on Hawaiian volcanoes makes them ideal for study by middle school students. In this paper the authors use existing data on the age and location of Hawaiian volcanoes to predict the location…

  • Using a Desktop Explosive Volcano Model to Explore Eruptions

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    This article describes how to build a model that simulates the volcanic eruptions on the Hawaiian Islands.

  • Using Google Earth to Study the Basic Characteristics of Volcanoes

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    With the advent of Google Earth and the database of volcanoes supplied by the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program, students can describe almost any volcano on Earth. In this article, the authors guide…

  • Volcanoes

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    This collection was started as a resource for a lesson plan centered around volcanoes (2nd grade level).

  • Volcanoes

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    These resources are recommended for students in Elementary through middle school science of Volcanoes.

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