Post on 12-Jan-2016
TASK 1
• Take a virtual field trip. • Go to http://volweb.utk.edu
/Schools/sullivan/colonial/volcano.htm
• Pick a trip and start exploring!!!
TASK 2
• List the six types of volcanoes and give an example of each.
• Click on each type of volcano to view example.
COLIMA TYPE:VOLCANO STRATO
TASK 3
• How many active volcanoes are in existence today?
• How many lives have been lost in the last 500 years?
• What did ancient people attribute volcanic eruptions to?
TASK 4
• Check out this page of pictures. • Pick three of your favorites and tell
why.
Crater Lake, Oregon
• Ignimbrite eruptions formed over 6,800 years ago.
• Splendid pillars are evidence of rapid erosion.
Mount St. Helens
• Photo taken immediately after eruption on May 18, 1980.
• Top and side of cone shaped volcano (over 400 meters) was blown off during eruption.
Breadcrust Block
• Formed when lumps of viscous, gas- rich lava are ejected from a volcano.
• Described as a well-baked, crusty loaf of bread.
TASK 5
• Visit a volcano using WebCam.• Tell which one you like best and
why.• The Isle of Skye: Cuillin hills Cam
TASK 6
• Take a hike!!!!• When you get here choose one of
the volcano adventures and write a short essay, journal, or poem about your adventure.
On August 21st, 1999, three intrepid young explorers began a journey that would take them through some of Europe's wildest and remotest areas. They spent a month exploring and photographing the volcanoes, geysers and waterfalls of Iceland. This website contains a detailed account of the expedition, and a growing number of the 1500 photographs taken by the expedition members.
hits this millenium! (www.digits.com)
TASK 7
• Build a model!!!!
Paper and Cardboard Volcanoes
• See material list.• Follow step-by-step
instructions under “Build a Strato Volcano”.
TASK 8
• Would you want to be a volcanologist?
• List six reasons why or why not?
What is a Volcanologist?
• U.S. has observatories in Hawaii, Washington, and Alaska.
• Work for Geological Survey.
• Gets real close to the fire!
TASK 9
• Take an on-line quiz!!!!• List your score!!