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VOLCANO!
General Description
Students can study USGS and National Geographic
images of erupting volcanoes. Then they will re-create the images as a “time-lapse photography”
sequence in SlideShow.
Grade Levels
Grades 3–6
Curricular Areas
Science
Objectives
• Students animate an erupting volcano.
• Skill set practices checking the USGS and
encyclopedias for factual information.
• Skills include geographic and geologic accuracy.
Procedure
1. After discussing volcanoes, have the students
animate an exploding or erupting volcano by
drawing six pictures in Kid Pix.
2. Students should draw one “plain” or quiet volcano in Kid Pix, and save this picture as their
first frame for the animation. The rest of the
drawings will take this one over and over,
adding new or different details to show the
eruption. They should save it first, and then
continue, drawing and saving as they go, either
using the same first drawing again, or adding
to each subsequent drawing, depending on
which sorts of details they want to add. They
can add sounds to each drawing if they like, as
they will choose “No Sound” for SlideShow
transitions.
3. Six drawings should be sufficient to establish a
good volcano.
4. Once all six drawings are made and saved,
then the drawings need to be loaded into
SlideShow. See User’s Guide.
5. Set Transitions/advance time to 0 seconds, and
choose No Sound.
6. Save the SlideShow and then play it. It will
look like time-lapse photography. Make any
changes by creating new drawings or editing
and replacing old ones.
Preparation
• Check National Geographic, USGS
(www.usgs.gov), the National Park Service
(www.nps.gov), a student’s site (http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/kids/kids.html)
and encyclopedias for volcano information.
• How many ways can a volcano erupt? Think of
Vesuvius, Mt. St. Helens, Krakatoa, Mauna Loa
and Kilauea, Aetna, and Pinatubo. Ash, lava,
steam and rock, etc.
• Discuss different types of volcanoes and their
geologic importance. A’a and pahoehoe lava are
two types (rough and tumble or spiny-looking
flow, and slower, smoother flow) to discuss, as
they contribute to the formation of the Hawaiian islands. Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Shasta are
different types, with a more conical shape and
ashy eruptions.
• What can happen when people live near a volcano? How long can it be between eruptions?
What happened to the people in Pompeii or
Herculaneum during one of the eruptions of
Vesuvius? What about the people near Mt. St.
Helens or Aetna?
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