Requirements to Earn the Volcanologist Badge
1- Volcano Model
Assignment: Students will work in teams of two. They will
be researching a volcano. Using this
information, students will build a model of a volcano and attach a data table. The
model will be showcased at World Expo.
Part 1 Topic:
Choose a
volcano from your world expo country.
Part 2 Erupting Volcano
Model:
- Construct
a model (Total size of model including volcano and surroundings-1 foot by
1 foot) of volcano including any defining features of the volcano
including craters and lakes.
- Incorporate
features of the surrounding area such as cities, oceans, forests, etc.
into the model.
- Possible materials may include plastic bottle, clay, Styrofoam, paint, plaster,
paper, etc.
- Your
volcano must have an opening for chemicals so that it may erupt. We will
have the volcanoes erupt in
- school.
- Attach
a picture of the volcano to your model.
- Attach
the data table below to your volcano:
Name of Volcano
Elevation (Height)
Age of Volcano:
Country:
Date of Last
Eruption:
Nearest City:
Type of Volcano:
(Cinder, Composite, Shield, Lava Plateau, Caldera, etc)
Formation of
Volcano: (Plate Tectonic)
Three Interesting
Facts: (complete sentences)
Student(s) Name(s):
Science Period:
Date:
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2- Volcano Case Study
Your firm of volcanologists,
famous for monitoring, analyzing and interpreting real time U.S.G.S. data has been
commissioned to assess U.S. volcanic activity threat. Based on this assessment,
the firm will decide where a new state of the art volcanic activity monitoring
station should be located. Your team’s knowledge and skills regarding forecasting
seismic activity, volcanic gases, deformation, and hazardous scenarios will be
put the test.
Each team of
volcanologists will be in charge of monitoring daily real time data,
researching hazard factors and exposure factors for a specific volcano from these
five volcanic areas. The areas to be monitored are: Cascades (Mount Saint Helen),
Alaska (Redoubt and Cleveland ), Hawaii (Kilauea including Puu Oo ), California(Long
Valley, Mount Konocti ), and Yellowstone (Caldera). After analyzing the data the team of volcanologists
will be able to describe the level of threat that their volcano poses: very
high threat, high threat, moderate threat, low or very low threat.Each
team will be responsible for keeping a daily journal of activities, producing a
lab report, and work as a team member in gathering background information and
real time data
