Sunday, February 1, 2015

February 2-6

Monday
Students will take continue taking notes as Benson explains various hazards associated with volcanism. See links below if you were gone.

Tuesday
Benson will explain 3 great eruptions and we will finish the notes on volcanic hazards. Then students will set up a crystal growth lab. See links below if you were gone.

Wednesday
Students will watch a video called Earth's Deadliest Eruption. See links below for make-up assignment.

Thursday
Students will do a lab to called "Magma and Lava"

Friday
Students will take notes as Benson explains various types of volcanic formations.

Question of the week
How can geologists determine whether an igneous rock formed from lava that cooled above the surface, or from magma that cooled beneath the surface?

Click on the links below to see many resources related to this unit.

Monday/Tuesday: Mt. St. Helens Lava Dome
Monday/Tuesday: Deadliest Eruptions of All time
Monday/Tuesday: The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens
Monday/Tuesday: Benson's Three Days of Hiking - St. Helens and Rainier
Monday/Tuesday: Laki Eruption in Iceland 1783-1784
Monday/Tuesday: Mt. Rainier Mudflow (future)
Monday/Tuesday: Bodies at Pompeii
Monday/Tuesday: Krakatau Tsunami (1883)
Monday/Tuesday: Ship Survives Krakatau Tsunami (1883)
Monday/Tuesday: Ashfall Fossil Site in Nebraska
Monday/Tuesday: Mazama Ash near Helena
Monday/Tuesday: Virtual Tour of the Ashfall Fossil Site in Nebraska
Monday/Tuesday: Yellowstone Volcano Explained by the Scientist-In-Charge
Monday/Tuesday: Misconceptions about the Yellowstone Volcano
Monday/Tuesday: The Elkhorn Volcano (near Helena)
Monday/Tuesday: Igneous Rocks in Montana
Monday/Tuesday: Ancient Volcano Between Helena and Great Falls
Monday/Tuesday: Time-Lapse of Mt. St. Helens Lava Domes 2004-2008 (1:26)
Monday/Tuesday: Short Time-Lapse of Mt. St. Helens Lava Dome (00:07)
Monday/Tuesday: Animation of Mt. St. Helens Lava Domes (00:12)
Wednesday: Make-up Assignment for Video: Earth's Deadliest Eruption
Wednesday: Siberian Traps Article
Friday: Animation of Lava Flows at Craters of the Moon (Idaho)

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