Volcanoes and Volcanism Webquest (Geology and Earth Science)
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- Reach students in the classroom or at home with this set of twenty earth science webquests. Every earth science webquest in the set comes with a clickable webquest file, a worksheet, and an answer key. Each webquest link points to information that your students need to complete the worksheet. This EPrice $67.90Original Price $135.80Save $67.90
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The Volcanoes Webquest comes with a worksheet and an answer key. Each link in the webquest points to information that your students need to complete the worksheet. Besides printing the worksheets, no other prep is needed to conduct this geology lesson on volcanoes.
How to use this resource:
1.) Share the PDF webquest file with clickable links to student computers.
2.) Print the accompanying worksheets.
3.) That’s it! Students are ready to get started.
Students click the links embedded into stunning photographs in the webquest to find answers to questions on various web pages. (The questions follow the order of the links.) Students write their responses on the accompanying worksheet.
All of Forward-Thinking Curriculum’s webquests meet the following stringent quality criteria:
· All links connect to very carefully-selected, modern, and secure websites.
· All linked online texts are from highly authoritative and reputable sources (specific sources for this webquest are shown below).
· Students can complete all of the included questions by accessing the online texts and the images alone. No earphones or other special technology are needed to access the information.
· The online texts are at a reading level that is accessible to middle and high school students.
· Very importantly, all links included in Forward-Thinking Curriculum's webquests are routinely checked and maintained!
In this webquest, students will encounter the following concepts and vocabulary connected to volcanoes:
· Plate tectonics
· Magma chambers
· Lava
· Pyroclastic flows
· Shield volcanoes
· Composite volcanoes
· Guyots (seamounts)
· Mid-ocean ridges
· Supervolcanoes
This resource includes the following:
• Webquest: Stunning images of volcanism directly link students to relevant informational text from the United States Geological Survey, the Smithsonian Institution, the British Broadcasting Corporation (text resource, not video), the Lunar and Planetary Institute, and the National Ocean Service. (PDF, 8 pages)
• Student worksheet (PDF, 17 short-answer questions, 4 pages)
• Answer key to student worksheet (PDF, 4 pages)
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Geology Topics:
· Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
Hydrology Topics:
· Watersheds, Rivers, and Lakes
Atmospheric Science Topics:
· Tornadoes, Thunderstorms, and Hurricanes
· Air Masses, Fronts, Weather, and Precipitation
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