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!!