Volcanoes


 * __Global Volcanism Program__**

This is a database of information about Volcanoes. It includes resources in which you can search for information about volcanoes by name, region, and eruption date. It includes an educational resources tab where you can be further linked to specific voloconolgy sites. An example of a specific site would be a site that includes references for specific regions of the world where volcanoes occur. In addition, on this site you can navigate through the volcanic activity reports to find current published reports about the activity at specific volcanoes.

Another great resource that you can find on this site would be 2 different KML files which can be uploaded onto Google Earth. ( [|What is a KML file?], [|How Do I Navigate Google Earth?] )

1. You must have [|Google Earth] downloaded onto the computer which will be displaying the program ( this could be individual computers so that a student can manipulate the program or a single computer hooked up to a projector)
 * Steps to Upload Volcano KML files into Google Earth**
 * nnnnnn You may need to speak to someone from your school's tech department to download Google Earth onto the computer(s)

2. Once Google Earth is downloaded, you can download the KML information file(s) to your computer.
 * This link brings you to the Google Earth Placemarks page from the main site, [|Google Earth Placemarks]
 * When you open the file it will open in Google Earth under the side tab marked " Places"
 * Then you can navigate through the world and click on different volcanoes for information.


 * From the link, you can choose from 2 KML files you would like to use in Google Earth.
 * __Holocene Volcanoes Network Link__- marks all of the volcanoes that have occurred from 11,700 years ago to present day. You can click on a volcano on Google Maps and information is presented from the Smithsonian Institution: //Global Volcanism Program// which includes characteristics about the specific volcano.
 * __Smithsonian/ USGS Weekly Volcanic activity Report__- this information file includes up-to-date information about volcanic activity from around the world which has been recorded in the last 7 days.

media type="custom" key="9185456" (This is just a sample of Google Earth without the KML Files)

[|Virtual Volcano]

This is a volcano interactive which is presented by the discovery channel. The interactive is a greate use of technology in the classroom. With or without guided questions, the students can navigate through the site and gather information about volcanoes and how they form. At the end the students can experiment with the characteristics of a volcanoes magma which create a certain type of eruption. The portion that deals with viscosity and gas reinforces the characteristics of eruptions.

[|National Geographic- Forces of Nature: Volcanoes]

This website offers a small interactive which students could navigate though and determine general information about volcanoes. Once at the website you need to click on the picture of the volcano to complete the volcano portion. The general information includes what a volcano is, its characteristics, how they form, and what types of eruptions they have. At the end of the interactive a student would be able to create a volcano by changing the level of dissolved gases and silica available.

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