This Mini-Unit has everything you need to teach your students about Volcanoes. It includes a creative flipbook to guide students in learning about volcanoes, and a self guided research project for your students to research a famous volcano.

Volcano Flipbook
Use it:

1. In class as direct instruction

2. As a fun distance learning activity to complement your Earth Science unit

3. As part of an interactive notebook - Instead of creating a flip book, allow the students to cut out the different components and glue them into interactive notebooks.

Volcano Topics Covered:

1. What is a volcano

2. Volcanic Activity - Active, Dormant, Extinct

3. Types of Volcanoes - Stratovolcano, Cindercone, Shield Volcano

4. Parts of a Volcano - Layers, Conduits and Vents, Magma Chamber, Eruptions, Ash Cloud

There are three options for student note taking:

1. Completely filled in (also to be used as the teacher guide)

2. Cloze notes - Students fill in only key vocabulary

3. Blank lines - also a great opportunity to adapt the material specifically for your students

This Volcano Research Project

This resource includes:

1. Project Guidelines - Easily explains the project for your students

2. A list of Volcanoes to choose from - A comprehensive list of over 30 well known Volcanoes from around the world

3. Online Research Tips - Four great tips in kid language to help your students research online

4. Graphic Organizers - Two graphic organizers to help your students record their information and list the sources that they used in their project

5. Sample Poster Schematic - An easy to follow guideline to help your student create a well organized visual

6. A detailed and rigorous rubric to assess your students