Volcanoes!

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 * Standards Addressed: **1.4 demonstrate an understanding of geographical space and place. ======

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Grade 3: Identify and locate Earth's various physical features (e.g., continents, oceans, and mountains.) ======

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**Specific Objectives:** Students can say how a volcanoe is formed, why it erupts, name the different types of volcanoes along with real world examples ======

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**Required Materials:** SmartBoard with internet connection, worksheets, pencil, paper ======

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 * Anticipatory Set (Lead-In): **Ask the students their background knowledge of volcanoes. ======

 Go over worksheet together as a class and teach the parts of the volcano that the students didnt know anything about.


2. Bedrock 3. Conduit (pipe) 4. Base 5. Sill 6. Branch pipe 7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano 8. Flank || 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano 10. Throat 11. Parasitic cone 12. Lava flow 13. Vent 14. Crater 15. Ash cloud ||
 * ~ == Volcano key: == ||
 * 1. Large magma chamber
 * ==== **3.** Go over the introductory powerpoint with them. -- Discuss each slide as they pop-up on the screen. ====

4. Show pictures of where the volcanoes are located and discuss the ring of fire.
 Have students identify where most of the red dots are located. 

5. Have students take online quiz on volcanoes:
[|QUIZ!]

====6. Watch the video on Hawaii's volcano -- Discuss after what the students learned and what they thought was interesting. ====

[|Video on Hawaii]

====7. Famous Volcanoes ==== As a follow-up activity students can research and do a project on the famous volcanoes in the world!

8. For extra credit students can look at this blog and write a response to one of the postings. [|Science Blog!] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Plan For Independent Practice: Students will be taking the quiz independently as well as the introductory worksheet. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Closure (Reflect Anticipatory Set): Summarize all the information that the class learned in that lesson and leave time for any extra questions that the students might have. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Assessment Based On Objectives: Quiz, Follow-up project <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Possible Connections To Other Subjects: This topic connects to our Natural Disasters Unit. ||