Here are some questions to answer for upper grades. Use the link below to help you find the answers:
- How do volcanoes form?
- What are the four primary types of volcanoes? Name and describe each type in detail. Encourage students to sketch the shape of each type and note its plate tectonic setting (i.e., over hot spots, spreading centers, or subduction zones).
- Where do volcanoes form?
- Rocks are classified by what they are made of and how they form. Igneous rocks always begin as magma. What are the two main types of igneous rocks, and what is the main difference between them? How does each type form into solid rock?
Having a multi age classroom means having different lesson plans about Volcanoes.
The first caption below is for middle school and high school lessons.
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| click picture for middle and high school lessons |
While the elementary ages students will be able to utilize these sites for these questions.
- What are the differences between the four types of volcanoes? Is there one distinguishing characteristic, or more than one?
- What is a hot spot?
- Is it possible for scientists to predict when a volcano will erupt so they can call for the evacuation of the area around it?
- Describe the hazards that volcanoes present for humans who live near them.
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| click picture for elementary lessons |
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