Volcanos
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Tour of Park Geology - Volcano Parks - Volcanic processes are constantly changing the Earth. Eruptions can create new islands, build and destroy mountains, and alter landscapes. Active, dormant, and ancient remnants of eruptions are all contained within our National Parks. Many features we see when visiting the National Parks are created by volcanic processes such as geysers, ash flows, and hot springs. Visit the links on this page to learn more about the different types of volcanoes, the rocks created from eruptions, and the landforms that exist because of volcanic processes in the National Parks. (Y, M, O, T)
Alabama Map/Quiz Printout - EnchantedLearning.com (Y, M, O, T)
Sea Rim State Park - Activities: Attractions include camping, wildlife observation, birding, beach combing, the Gambusia Nature Trail, canoeing, kayaking, airboat tours, beach swimming, fishing, year round canoe and paddle boat rentals, and public waterfowl hunting (in season). Tours: The park offers an interpretive airboat tour during the spring, summer and fall. This one-hour tour through the marsh offers the visitor interesting views of spectacular beauty and diversity of the park. Due to severe damage from Hurricane Rita & Hurricane Ike, Sea Rim State Park is currently closed. The park is continuing repairs and may reopen sometime in 2009. (Y, M, O, T)
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument - At 8:32 Sunday morning, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted. Shaken by an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, the north face of this tall symmetrical mountain collapsed in a massive rock debris avalanche. Nearly 230 square miles of forest was blown down or buried beneath volcanic deposits. At the same time a mushroom-shaped column of ash rose thousands of feet skyward and drifted downwind, turning day into night as dark, gray ash fell over eastern Washington and beyond. The eruption lasted 9 hours, but Mount St. Helens and the surrounding landscape were dramatically changed within moments. In 1982, the President and Congress created the 110,000-acre National Volcanic Monument for research, recreation, and education. Inside the Monument, the environment is left to respond naturally to the disturbance. (Y, M, O, T)
Daingerfield State Park - Activities: The park offers picnicking; camping; boating (5 MPH speed limit); fishing; swimming in an unsupervised swimming area; hiking; and nature study. A seasonal concession (March - October) rents pedal boats and canoes. Tours may be arranged by special request. Year-round boat rentals are available. (Y, M, O, T)
Pinnacles - An Ancient Volcano: Rising out of the chaparral-covered Gabilan Mountains, east of central California's Salinas Valley, are the spectacular remains of an ancient volcano. Massive monoliths, spires, sheer-walled canyons and talus passages define millions of years of erosion, faulting and tectonic plate movement. (Y, M, O, T)
Lassen Volcanic National Park - Witness a brief moment in the ancient battle between the earth shaping forces of creation and destruction in Northern California. Nestled within Lassen’s peaceful forests and untouched wilderness, hissing fumaroles and boiling mud pots still shape and change the land, evidence of Lassen’s long fiery and active past. (Y, M, O, T)
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument - Sunset Crater Volcano was born in a series of eruptions sometime between 1040 and 1100. Powerful explosions profoundly affected the lives of local people and forever changed the landscape and ecology of the area. Lava flows and cinders still look as fresh and rugged as the day they formed. But among dramatic geologic features, you'll find trees, wildflowers, and signs of wildlife – life returns. (Y, M, O, T)
Volcano Simulator and prehistoric Alaska - Alaska Museum of Natural History. (Y, M, O, T)
POMPEI - "It is my opinion that Pompeii is the most important archeological site anywhere. Almost every other ancient urban site is simply the remains of a ghost town, long ago deserted by its citizens who carried away with them everything of value. Prior to the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii was a thriving city. Then it was buried with so little warning in 79 A.D. that Pompeii was literally frozen in time. Pompeian couple If we want to know details about what life was like in a Roman city during the first century, I think by studying Pompeii we can get the very best perspective with the least speculation. We can understand how the privileged rich man and the ordinary slave lived from day to day in the Roman Empire during the time when Christianity was beginning to spread throughout the Mediterranean. A better understanding of life in Pompeii, a city with both Roman and Greek influence, can help us to better understand many of the writings of the New Testament." Join Michael Cole on a tour of Pompeii with a Christian Perspective. (Y, M, O, T)
Make your own erupting volcano - You have heard people talk about this experiment, now you can try it yourself (T)
Volcanoes - the how and why of volcanoes from BBC (Y, M, O, T)
Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis Webquest - Primary students (Y,M)
Severe weather and natural disasters - volcanoes - in-depth teaching resources from Scholastic.com (Y, M, O, T)
Volcanoes - basic information and image from EnchantedLearning.com (Y)
Volcanoes - excellent site from Annenberg/CPB exhibits (Y, M, O, T)
Hill of Fire (Grades K-3) - Volcanoes (Y)
Volcanoes of the World - Data compiled by Smithsonian volcanologists over the past three decades is available at this free website. You can use the "Find a Volcano by Eruption Date" to find currently active volcanos. Each volcano also has a link to Google Earth. (Y, M, O, T)
Google Earth - Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. (Y, M, O, T)