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Hawaii Z z Z
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Measuring the temperature Heat suit USGS photo by R.L. Christiansen Jan.9, 1973
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vent cone magma chamber Pipe (Conduit)
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A look inside the Earth Mantle Outer Core Inner Core Crust
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A look at the mantle and crust
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Cold Crust Ocean Hot Melt Hot Mantle Cooler Mantle
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magma
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Talk Partners 30 seconds to describe together how a volcano erupts. Bonus points: – Why it erupts – Technical language – Imagery Three pairs will be asked at random As a group we will decide whose description most Volcanologist-like!
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Hawaii
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Rough Lots of pieces Smooth or Ropy Courtesy of A. Rust
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World map of volcanoes erupted within the past 10,000 years Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program
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Talk Partners with whiteboards: Take it in turns one word or phrase on volcanoes. (Don’t worry about spellings) How many can you think of? How many did you get out of possible 20? Any you are particular proud of remembering?
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Explain to your Talk Partner or group why the bottled exploded. Maybe a diagram would help?
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USGS/Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Photo by J.D. Griggs
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Danger to People, Places and Things
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Fast flowing rocks! Bent bars of a broken house. Which way did the flow go?
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USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory Photo by David Wieprecht
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Courtesy of Swisseduc.ch
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What can we do to help people who live near active volcanoes? As a Volcanologist, you have been asked to give advice for a new education leaflet for islanders who live close to a volcano that you have not visited before. How could you go about answering the question?
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What can we do to help people who live near active volcanoes? Mt. St. Helens
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Examples from Past and Present Courtesy of www.swisseduc.ch
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Vesuvius, Italy – 79AD Explosive Ash and flows covered Pompeii
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Excavations cc. Crew Creative cc. of Crew Creative
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Plaster casts of bodies
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Vesuvius today Naples
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Mt. Pelée, Martinique - 1902
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Photo by Angelo Heilprin
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Vestmannaeyjer, Iceland - 1973
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Lava flows caught people by surprise
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What is happening in this picture and why?
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Real-Life Scenario Courtesy of www.swisseduc.ch
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What is a volcano? Mountains that erupt. A dormant volcano is:awake asleep ________ chamber V____ Conduit Cone What is lava and magma? m + bubbles + crystals Why do volcanoes erupt? Hot magma wants to go: up down How do volcanoes erupt? Two types: e and effusive. Explosive volcanoes erupt a lot of into the air. What helps make explosive volcanoes erupt?. Can you outrun a pyroclastic flow? Can lava burn trees and houses? Do effusive volcanoes have runny or sticky lava?. l a v a e l t x p l o s i v e b u b b l e s a s h r u n n y yes no e n t M a g m a
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