Volcano World

BY: Denny Pelley, Speedway High School; Speedway, IN

Site Address: HTTP://Volcano.und.nodak.edu/

Theme: Volcanoes

Grade Levels: Six to Ten

Annotation of Site:

The home page of Volcano World provides an excellent opportunity to identify, explore and ask questions about volcanic eruptions. Students are able to research the largest, deadliest and most destructive eruptions and their consequences. One hundred questions directed to volcanologists provide unique professional insight. Live volcano footage, the opportunity to build models and find satellite images are also available.

Geography Standards addressed:

• #1) How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools and technologies to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective.
• #3) How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places and environments on Earth’s surface.
• #7) The physical processes that shape the Earth’s surface.
• #15) How physical systems affect human systems.
• #17) How to apply geography to interpret the past.
• #18) How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future.

Indiana Social Studies Proficiency Guidelines addressed:

• 1) Historical perspectives.
• 2) Geographic relationships/map skills
• 3) Inquiry skills