Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8
Compare pictures of different volcanoes. Then visit NASA's Space Place to learn about volcanoes and answer questions about volcanic eruptions.
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Featured Mini Lessons
What is a Volcano?
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Compare pictures of different volcanoes. Then visit NASA's Space Place to learn about volcanoes and answer questions about volcanic eruptions.
What are Tectonic Plates?
Grade Level: 6-8
Students will review the NASA Space Place video, "Tectonic Forces", and answer questions about tectonic plates.
Kuril Islands Volcanoes
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Compare images from two volcanic eruptions in the Kuril Islands which occurred ten years apart and complete a graphic organizer for impacts on different Earth spheres.
Introduction to Volcanic Ash
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Watch NASA videos about aerosols and volcanic ash.
Analyzing a Volcanic Ash Model
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Learn about volcanic ash and watch a visualization of the Calbuco volcano to see how ash travels around the world.
An Island Transforms through Erosion and Deposition
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Students will describe the changes in a newly-formed volcanic island over the first three years of its life.
Impact of a Volcanic Eruption
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Students examine satellite images of an island before and after a volcanic eruption to determine the impact of the eruption.
Grade Level: 6-8
Students will review the NASA Space Place video, "Tectonic Forces", and answer questions about tectonic plates.
Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8
Compare images from two volcanic eruptions in the Kuril Islands which occurred ten years apart and complete a graphic organizer for impacts on different Earth spheres.
Grade Level: 6-8,
9-12
Watch NASA videos about aerosols and volcanic ash.
Grade Level: 6-8,
9-12
Learn about volcanic ash and watch a visualization of the Calbuco volcano to see how ash travels around the world.
Grade Level: 6-8,
9-12
Students will describe the changes in a newly-formed volcanic island over the first three years of its life.
Grade Level: 6-8,
9-12
Students examine satellite images of an island before and after a volcanic eruption to determine the impact of the eruption.
Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8
Students examine satellite images of a recently formed island to identify areas of erosion and deposition.
