Course: Volcanic Eruptions

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- Volcanic Eruptions
- Draw a Volcano – Student Activity File
  
  Students are asked to draw and label a volcano.
- Draw a Volcano – Teacher Notes File
- Volcano Variations 1 – Student Activity File
  
  Students investigate the difference between a shield volcano and a stratovolcano using common household items.
- Volcano Variations 1 – Teacher Notes File
- Volcano Variations 2 – Student Activity File
  
  Students examine the impact of viscosity (stickiness) of magma on volcanic eruptions.
- Volcano Variations 2 – Teacher Notes File
- Learn more about why some volcanic eruptions are more explosive than others here.
- Pompeii Bodies – Student Activity File
  
  Students simulate the preservation of bodies by volcanic ash.
- Pompeii Bodies – Teacher Notes File
- Making a tilt-o-meter & clinometer – Student Activity File
  
  Students make their own tilt-o-meter and clinometer and compare their relative usefulness in earthquake measurement.
- Making a tilt-o-meter & clinometer – Teacher Notes File
- Find out more about tiltmeters and clinometers here.
- Find out more about predicting volcanic eruptions here.
- Volcanoes – Student Review File
  
  Questions and a wordsleuth to review this unit of work.
- Volcanoes – Teacher Notes File