Mrs. DuBose’s Class: AdVeNtUrEs iN ScIeNcE

This weeks adventure took on deep within the Earth as we learned all about those MOUNTAINS OF FIRE..VOLCANOES!  Students are now easily getting that plate movement is the culprit to all of this. Students had an awesome time learning the parts of a volcano (magma chamber, pipe, vent, crater, lava flow, pyroclastic flow, ash cloud).

Students then created a volcano foldable on the 3 types of volcanoes: shield, strato/composite, and cinder cone.  Students used modeling clay to create the 3 different type of volcanoes.  As we watched the Mt. Vesuvius eruption, many students of course were only concerned about its awesomeness and the coolness of it but as we watched the video it was amazing to see the transformation.  We talked about the effects that volcanoes can cause: pyroclastic flows, mudflows, floods and ash fall and the enormous effects this can have on people, weather, forest, and buildings.  Next week, students will start their Volcano Research project where partners will research a famous volcano and create a National Geographic Real Estate News Paper Ad and then individually they are to create a model of the volcano that they researched. Enjoy the volcano videos below about catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and a sleeping giant in our mist, our very own Yellowstone National Park