Process

Volcano WebQuest

Introduction

Task

Process

Links & Resources

Evaluation

Conclusion

Teacher Page

 

 

 

  There is much to learn about volcanoes. By using this WebQuest you will have the opportunity to develop your computer skills, do some research using the World Wide Web as a tool and most importantly ...learn many INTERESTING things about volcanoes.

Your teacher will talk to you about:

  • how much time you will have in class to use the Internet
  • how much time you will be given to finish the assignments
  • what you are expected to do for homework
  • how many people will be in your group
  • how long your Mini-Research Presentation has to be
  • if there will be additional Tasks

Source: U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.

Sample Volcano Vocabulary Top 10 Chart                   BLM: Volcano Vocabulary Top 10 Chart

# Word - make sure spelling is correct Relevant hyperlinks to the Internet - give 1 to 3 hyperlinks, link to a photo, diagram or map - not just words
  Definition / Characteristics - write 3 to 5 point form notes
1 volcanic ash
 
  • volcanic ash is created during volcanic eruptions when the magma hardens so quickly, it explodes into tiny little pieces
  • volcanic ash creates large clouds that block sunlight for many days or months
  • it is hard, does not dissolve in water, abrasive, like finely crushed glass
    not like soft ash created when wood burns
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Sample Definition Page  ~ Volcano Vocabulary           BLM: Definition Page~ Volcano Vocabulary

Definition - 1 or 2 phrases
  •  a cone shaped "mountain" made of volcanic debris around the vent

 

  Characteristics - 3 to 5 point form notes
  • is cone shaped
  • the sides of the "mountain" are made up of cinders and other items that got shot out of the volcano vent when it exploded
  • materials that the slope are made of are called pyroclastic material - not ash
  • cone often has a crate at the top
Image - import from Internet, give source
Photograph showing SP Crater, a cinder cone in the San Francisco Volcanic Field, near Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
source: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2001/fs017-01/
Word
cinder cone
Diagram - hand drawn by student doing research, after page is printed off
Example(s) - 1 to 3 examples
  • Paricutin, Mexico

 

  Hyperlink(s) - 1 to 3 links

 

   

 

Sample The Volcano Hyperlink Alphabet Project                        BLM: Hyperlink Alphabet Project

  Word or Place Description  - 2 to 5 sentences, in your own words
Plus 1 Hyperlink - to a picture or web site that best describes the word or place
A Aoba, Ambae Island, Vanuatu Aoba is one of many volcanoes that make up a group of islands that are part of the country Vanuata. It is located in the South Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and Australia. It is a shield cone volcano. It was active in 1995.

 
B black sand When a volcano is in the sea, like Santorini in Greece, the sand on the beach is black because the volcanic rock, the lava that the island is made of is dark. When the rock erodes, it turns into sand and it is black.
http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/~mhusman/santorini2.jpg
 
     

 

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