Volcanoes

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Volcanoes!

• Flowing, oozing, EXPLODING!
• What makes VOLCANOES act the way they do?

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What would you advise the people near Mauna Loa
to do?

• Instructions
• Be a Volcanologist!
• Look at the websites, then work with a partner to
  decide what the people near Mauna Loa should do.
  Write a paragraph with your suggestions and your
  reasoning.

• Inquiry Materials
• Read about Volcano Dangers
• Learn How to Watch a Volcano
• Make a Volcano erupt!
• Look at real data from Mauna Loa
• glossary

Hints to Consider What type of volcano is it? Are
there people nearby? Will it erupt soon?
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Teacher Page

• Assessment
• Students will be assessed with a
• For written suggestions based on data,
  research and predictions.
• For written suggestions based partially on
  data, research and predictions.
• - For written predictions not based on data,
  research of predictions.
• 0 For no predictions given.

• Standards
• NSES Standards 5- 8 Content Standard A Science
  as inquiry
• Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions
  and models using evidence.
• Content Standard D Earth and Space Science
• Structure of the Earth system
• Content Standard F Science in Personal and
  Social Perspectives
• Natural hazards

• Credit
• Reusable Internet-Based Inquiry Template
• NSES Grades 5-8
• USGS Volcano- Monitoring Techniques
• Science News for Kids
• Current USGS Data
• Make a Volcano