Web Links
Activity 1 -- Where are the Volcanoes?
To learn more about this topic, visit the following web sites by clicking on the boldfaced links:
Volcano World - "Submarine Volcanoes"
Reviews the basics of platetectonics and examines closely submarine volcanoes at divergent and convergent boundaries and hot spots. The site has good images of underwater lava flows as well as images of the organisms that live near these submarine volcanoes.
USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory - "Submarine Volcanoes, Ridges, and Vents"
Site includes a general overview of submarine volcanic eruptions as well as information about specific underwater volcanoes including the volcanoes of the Juan de Fuca ridge in the Pacific, Kavachi of the Solomon Islands, Kick 'Em Jenny of the West Indies, the Loihi Seamount of Hawaii, and Surtsey and the Vestmannmaeyjar volcanics of Iceland.
USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory - "Volcano Types - Quick Reference Guide"
Review the major types of volcanoes, including calderas, cinder cones, composite volcanoes, statrovolcanoes, and shield volcanoes. Provides links for further details and information about specific eruptions.
USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory
Read about volcanism in the following US states:
New Mexico
Idaho
Wyoming
Oregon
USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory - "Plate Tectonics and Sea Floor Spreading, Subduction Zones, "Hot Spot", and the "Ring of Fire""
Reviews the basics of plate tectonics and allows reader to further investigate specific volcanoes within the "ring of fire". Includes several maps which highlight the "ring."
USGS Alaska Volcano Observatory
Read an introduction about the volcanoes and volcanic fields of Alaska, which make up the northern portion of the "ring of fire". Also includes maps and allows further investigation of specific volcanoes in Alaska.
Columbia Plateau - Columbia River Basalt Group
Read more information about flood basalt and how they formed the Columbia Plateau. It also includes links to a map and geologic time scale for the subdivisions within the Columbia River Basalt Group.
Mount Kilimanjaro
Learn more about Africa's tallest mountain in the East African rift valley.
USGS - "Hot spots:" Mantle Thermal Plumes
Learn more about the geology of the Hawaiian islands as well as other other hotshots around the world.
USGS Hawaii Volcano Observatory
Read about the Hawaiian Volcanoes and how they formed. It also includes links to other pages about specific volcanoes on the islands of Hawaii and Maui.
Volcano World - Hot Spots and Mantle Plumes
View a slide show with color photos and descriptions about the theory of "hotshots." Site also includes a list of sample lesson plans, key concepts, references, and activities about hot spots and the Hawaiian islands.
Learn more about other kinds of map projections
Cylindrical Projections
Conic Projections
To complete the investigation, each student group will need:
US Geological Survey map: This Dynamic Planet
To learn more about historical eruptions nearest to your community, visit the following web site:
Volcano World's list of historically active volcanoes
Vents Program, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Find information on how submarine volcanoes and hydrothermal vents affect the global oceans.
Submarine Volcanoes, Ridges, and Vents, USGS
Provides general information along with specific examples.
Volcano Interactions, The Encylopedia of Volcanoes
Read a chapter about how volcanoes affect water and land.
Probing the Mysteries of Sea-Floor Volcanoes and Hydrothermal Vents, Pathbreakers, Washington Office of Research
Read an article about the mysteries of submarine volcanoes and hydrothermal vents.
RIDGE 2000, Penn State University
Learn about this community based inititative focused on biological and geological stuides of the mid-ocean ridge system.
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