Resources

Here are a list of sites to help you on your webquests:

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/kids/vrtrips.html - This site contains a bunch of virtual field trips that you can go on to look at different volcanoes on the internet instead of traveling to the volcano in person.

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/kids/volcano_project/ - This site contains general information on volcanoes.

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_models/models.html - This site has various ways that you can make volcanoes for your extension activity.

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicFacts/misc_volcanic_facts_questions.html - This is another site with general volcano information.

http://gldss7.cr.usgs.gov/neis/general/handouts/general_seismicity.html - This is a site with general information about earthquakes.

http://whyfiles.org/094quake/6.html - This is a site about predicting earthquakes.

http://vcourseware5.calstatela.edu/VirtualEarthquake/VQuakeIntro.html - This site has a virtual earthquake that the children can go through.

http://www.pgc.nrcan.gc.ca/seismo/eqinfo/richter.htm - This site is all about the numbers on the Richter scale.

http://www.pgc.nrcan.gc.ca/seismo/eqinfo/q-a.htm - This is a site with a lot of general information about earthquakes and also has Canadian content.

http://www.pgc.nrcan.gc.ca/seismo/eqinfo/gloss.htm - This is a glossary of earthquake terms.

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/pglossary.html - This is a glossary for volcano terms and it also has pictures for thes terms.

http://hometown.aol.com/ckckside/reports/volcanoes/vol1.htm - Another site for general volcano information.

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/eruption_scale.html - This site contains a Volcanic Explosivity Index or VEI which measures how powerful a volcanic eruption is.

Stratovolcano

(Photograph by R. McGimsey on July 15th, 1990)

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