Living with a Volcano in your Backyard -- An Educator's Guide with Emphasis on Mount Rainier Driedger, Doherty, and Dixon, (Project Coordinators), 2005, USGS and NPS, General Interest Publication 19.
Living with a Volcano in your Backyard -- An Educator's Guide with Emphasis on Mount Rainier is a three-unit guide that provides science content and inquiry-based activities about volcanoes of the Cascade Range, with emphasis placed on Mount Rainier. Activities are designed for middle school students. Adaptations and extensions offer learning opportunites for students in higher and lower grade levels. This guide includes more than 30 activities, a field guide to geological sites of interest at Mount Rainier National Park, glossary, list of Internet resources, and supplementary information. Components of the guide will posted in PDF format as they are completed
Volcanic Activity Information
News and Current Events
What's the lastest activity at Mount St. Helens ??? ...
Did you hear about a volcano in the news last night ??? ...
Use this page to link to current local and
world-wide volcano information
Current Cascade Range Hazards Assessment Reports
Online Cascade Range hazards assessment reports and maps -
more advanced information about the volcanoes and volcanic hazards
than the above listing
What To Do if a Volcano Erupts
Includes information courtesy American Red Cross and the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Learn About Volcanoes
Volcano FAQ's -- Learn About Volcanoes
What Is A Volcano? ...
Why Do Volcanoes Erupt? ...
Where Do Volcanoes Erupt? ...
When Will A Volcano Erupt? ...
How Hot Is A Volcano? ...
Can Lava Be Diverted? ...
What Types of Volcanoes are There? ...
Deadly Volcanic Eruptions ...
20th Century Volcanic Eruptions and Their Impact ...
etc. ... PLUS MORE !!!!
Cascade Range Volcanoes - Interactive Table
An interactive table with brief summary of volcano information,
facts, eruption histories, the lastest eruption,
latest publications, and current activity
Read About Volcanoes
Online "easy reading" Fact Sheets and Reports ...
includes volcanoes of the United States and around the world,
volcanic hazards and how we monitor them, the Cascade Range and
Cascade Range volcanoes
Information For Future Volcanologists
Information for Future Volcanologists
Information and suggestions for becoming a volcanologist
including questions and answers about types of careers and courses of
study. Read also about how scientists study volcanoes
Activities and "Fun Stuff"
Activities and "Fun Stuff"
Try these for a different approach to studying volcanoes ...
included here are vocabulary words and crossword puzzles ... includes
links to building a volcano ...
NOTE: these pages are non-interactive and designed to be printed
"Build A Volcano"
Contains links to various places to "Build A Volcano",
including the U.S. Forest Service "Volcano World" Website's great collection of
volcano models, pictures, instructions, and suggestions
Cascade Range Volcano Mobiles
Learn about the major Volcanoes of Washington State, Oregon, and California, and make a hanging mobile at the
same time!!! ... online instructions and templates for the
Washington State volcanoes ...
NOTE: these pages are non-interactive and designed to be printed
Posters and Videos, etc.
Reducing Volcanic Risk in the U.S. "Posters"
Three downloadable posters, in PDF format,
dealing with volcanic risk;
"Why Volcanic Risk in Increasing in the United States";
"Strategy for Reducing Volcanic Risk";
"Preparing for Volcanic Emergencies: Keeping You Informed"
Mount Rainier Hazards "Posters"
Four "Poster-Style" Maps to download covering the hazards of
Mount Rainier;
"Osceola and Electron Mudflows";
"Lava and Pyroclastic Flow Hazards";
"Lahar Hazards";
"Ashfall Hazards"
Mount St. Helens General Slide Set
This is probably our most popular site -
50 images with captions, by Lyn Topinka ... this "slide set"
covers pre-eruption, May 18, 1980, aftermath, monitoring, dome growth,
drainage erosion, hazards
Special Features and Useful Pages
Annotated NASA Images
Spectacular NASA photos (courtesy
NASA Earth From Space), with major volcanic and
geographic features identified for easy identification ...
check out Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier, and other Cascades and
non-Cascade volcanoes
Cascade Range Volcanoes
An interactive table with brief summary of volcano information,
facts, eruption histories, the lastest eruption,
latest publications, and current activity
Cascade Range Volcano Mobiles
Learn about the major Volcanoes of Washington State, Oregon, and California, and make a hanging mobile at the
same time!!! ... online instructions and templates for the
Washington State volcanoes ...
NOTE: these pages are non-interactive and designed to be printed
Dante's Peak Information
Facts and fallacies from the movie "Dante's Peak"
arranged as "FAQ's",
about volcanoes and monitoring volcanoes
Geologic Time Scale
Go back throughout the age of the Earth and see various ages and "highlights"
History - Volcanoes and History
Volcano Names ... Historical Maps and Journals ... The Volcanoes of George Vancouver ...
The Volcanoes of Lewis and Clark ... Journal excerpts ... 1800s Eruptions ... MORE ...
Living With Volcanoes
Volcanoes are a part of our everyday life. This section contains
facts and information, questions and answers, historical,
cultural, and the economic sides of volcanoes, tourism and recreation
information, "real-time" VolcanoCams from around the world,
and information about "Dantes Peak"
Mount St. Helens General Slide Set
This is probably our most popular site -
50 images with captions, by Lyn Topinka ... this "slide set"
covers pre-eruption, May 18, 1980, aftermath, monitoring, dome growth,
drainage erosion, hazards
Mount St. Helens - Points of Interest
A travel "Tour" of Mount St. Helens Volcano ... use to plan
your next trip, or just sit back and take an "armchair tour" of over 30
places around Mount St. Helens
Visit A Volcano
Select the closest Cascade Range Volcano nearest to you and
discover information and maps on the volcano, a list of useful
local links
Volcanoes and History
Volcano Names ... Historical Maps and Journals ... The Volcanoes of George Vancouver ...
The Volcanoes of Lewis and Clark ... Journal excerpts ... 1800s Eruptions ... MORE ...
The Volcanoes of Lewis and Clark
Take a tour down the Columbia River with Lewis and Clark ... Lewis and Clark were on the Columbia River between October 1805 and June 1806 ... during those months they saw FIVE volcanoes and even gave Mount Jefferson it's name ... this site has lots of old maps and images and postcards!
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04/22/08, Lyn Topinka
