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Volcano Lesson Plans
- Build a Volcano- Students will learn about volcanoes. Students will learn about chemical reactions.
- Cake Batter Lava- To understand some of the geological processes and the structures that form as lava flows across planetary landscapes by using cake batter as an analog for lava.
- Earthquakes and Volcanoes- As students learn to read maps, it is important that they learn how to compare maps that show different types of information. This lesson asks them to compare maps of plate tectonics with population density maps and to analyze what these maps imply about the relationship between population and seismic hazards.
- Gelatin Volcanoes- To understand how and why magma moves inside volcanoes.
- Geological Cycles - The learner will build an understanding of geological cycles, forces, processes and agents which shape the lithosphere.
- How to Make a Volcano Model- The model below is an example of a simple, effective way to recreate a volcanic eruption. Warning: Be careful when handling ingredients. Children should be supervised by an adult. Ingredients should be kept away from the eyes.
- Introduction to Volcanoes - Students will identify what they know about volcanoes and what they would like to learn about volcanoes.
- Lava Layering- To learn about the stratigraphy of lava flows produced by multiple eruptions.
- Pedal Power - In this lesson, students investigate slope as a rate of change. Students compare, contrast, and make conjectures based on distance-time graphs for three bicyclists climbing to the top of a mountain.
- Piles of Fire- To investigate how particle size affects the angle of a volcano's slope.
- Research Project- Your mission is to find information and report on a volcano, other than the ones listed above, that has erupted in the last 100 years.
- Types of Volcanic Landforms - Student groups become experts on one type of volcano and teach the class about their volcano.
- Viscosity- To determine how fluid a liquid really is by measuring its viscosity.
- VOLCANOES GUIDED READING 1 - Students' will create volcano mini-books based upon new information given in text, and identify the cause/effect relationships (chain of events) addressing the following: What is a volcano? What causes a volcano to erupt?
- Volcano Hazards: Describing a Dangerous Mix- In this lesson, students will work cooperatively to become "Volcano Hazards Experts." Groups will research and create posters illustrating dangers from volcanic eruptions, as well as determine the dangers of specific volcanic eruptions.
- Volcano-Quizz- Test your knowledge about famous volcanoes and where they are located.
- Volcanoes - Students will be able to create a concept map describing the volcano type assigned and give a presentation to the class or small group.
- Volcanoes Modules Page- A complete unit.
