Volcano World – Cones, Eruptions, and Pyroclasts
Volcano World – Cones, Eruptions, and Pyroclasts A lesson plan for volcanoes. Everything you need is right there. Even if you just use the informational pages, as I’ve done before, it’s still worth your time and a true time saver.
Read MoreLunar and Planetary Institute
Lunar and Planetary Institute Lots and lots of resources for your Astronomy units. I’ve looked at pieces of it from time to time, but went ahead and listed the educator’s page so you can decide where you’d like to go.
Read MoreConvection Currents
Convection Currents are one of those things that can be related to many parts of a science discussion. This site shows how convection currents relate to mantle inside the earth. It actually shows how the movement causes magma to rise to the surface. Very nice. Convection Currents
Read MoreThe Dynamic Earth
From the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, this site gives you some nice visuals into four areas: Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes, the Solar System, Rocks and Mining, Gems and Minerals. Beautiful pictures. The Dynamic Earth
Read MoreGeoscience Animations – Tectonic Settings and Volcanic Activity
Take a look at where volcanoes occur and watch them create new landforms or just change the shape of things. Geoscience Animations-Tectonic Settings and Volcanic Activity
Read MoreWindows into Wonderland
I’ve got to tell you, this is really neat. There are 18 different virtual field trips in Yellowstone Park, each with a different theme. Some may be more in line with some social studies and art lessons, but overall, it’s a great, fun way to do some science exploration. From geysers to bears to wolves [...]
Read MoreWeather Wiz Kids – Volcanoes
Types of volcanoes, links to several different sources, Ring of Fire information, activities… The only thing I didn’t especially like was the lesson plan for matching volcanoes to the states they’re in. I didn’t include it as a separate link. Some of them I knew. Others were tough and I had to look them up. [...]
Read MoreScholastic – Volcanoes
Another Scholastic site with great information. Simple to follow, it has a nice lava lab to use that could actually be modified to talk about the formation of igneous rock if you got a little creative. Also some questions about the Ring of Fire. Not my favorite part, but usable questions. I might get a [...]
Read MoreVolcanoes – Where Should You Build?
This is a small part of the Learner.org Volcano tutorial. I’m not terribly impressed with the entire lesson because it’s all just reading and my kids get bored with that. But this is sort of interesting. You have to decide where you’ll build to keep the structure safe from a volcano. There’s data to look [...]
Read MoreInteractives – Dynamic Earth
This tutorial begins with the structure of the earth, through plate tectonics to earthquakes and volcanoes. You can choose the parts you want to do, or just work through the entire tutorial. Good graphics. Fairly interactive. Interactives – Dynamic Earth
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