Internet Resources

• Volcano World: Information on volcanoes from Oregon State University. http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/oldroot/kids/index.html

• Volcanoes: Information on predicting volcanic eruptions from Annenberg. http://www.learner.org/interactives/volcanoes/entry.html

• Visit a Volcano: Cascade Range Volcanoes Interactive Imagemap: Map, images and information from the USGS. http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Cascades/ImageMaps/CascadeRange/cascade_range.html

• Tsunamis: Interesting facts about tsunamis from FEMA for Kids. http://www.ready.gov/tsunamis

• Tsunami: Activities for kids about tsunamis from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov/kids.html

• Seymore Simon: Information about the author of "Volcanoes" from Eduplace. http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/gr5/gr5_th1_sel3.html

• eWord Game: An interactive word game to reinforce the Key Vocabulary for "Volcanoes."  http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/ewordgame/index.html?grade=5&theme=1&selection=3

• Become a Weather Whiz: An online field trip where students gather information from various resources about natural events. http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/gr5/activities/gr5_th1_sel3_trip.html

• Volcanoes: An interactive student activity from Quia.  http://www.quia.com/cb/767799.html

 

Suggested Audio and Video Resources: Discovery Education Streaming

·Search for National Parks: Caves of the National Parks: The Wonder Beneath (clip on Hawaii Volcanoes National Park)

Search for Geologist’s Notebook: Why Land Goes Up and Down (clip on Uplifting: Plumes, Volcanoes, and Moving Plates)