Volcanoes Today

Topic:
Volcanoes

Type of Web activity:
researching current data and plotting information on a world map

Materials / Software needed:
Web browser

Class World Map or student copies of a world map

Notebook for logging eruptions

Audience:
Teacher

Grade Level:
6-8

Time involved:
15 minutes each week or several times throughout the year

Created on:
8/2/00

The Web Science Workshop lessons were created in cooperation with the Exploratorium Teacher Institute .

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Where in the World...

How many volcanoes erupted today? Find out on the web once each week. Click on the link below to access a Discovery Channel site which shares disasters and other environmental concerns. The site is updated daily.

1. Locate and click on the volcano icons and read more about the particular eruption. Log in your notebook the date, volcano name, and type of eruption (i.e. - explosive, lava, or both).

2. Note on the world map where the eruption occured and date.

http://www.discovery.com/news/earthalert/earthalert.html

Other Web Volcano Resources:

Photoglossary of Volcanic Terms

Kilauea volcano in Hawaii eruption update

Volcano World

Quicktime Movies of Flowing Lava