External Teaching Resources
From the USGS:
Teaching Activities for Educators
- Alaska Volcanoes Guidebook for Teachers - Grades 6-12 lesson plans, activities, and teaching resources focused on Alaska's volcanoes.
- This Dynamic Planet: A Teaching Companion - Plate tectonics activities based on the This Dynamic Planet Map and This Dynamic Earth booklet.
- Living with a Volcano in Your Backyard - An educator's guide with emphasis on Mount Rainier.
- Schoolyard Geology - Take a field trip around your school and learn about mapping and rocks.
- Volcanoes! teacher packet - Six general volcano lesson plans, a teacher's guide, and a poster.
- Monitoring Active Volcanoes
Educational Posters
- 30 Cool Facts about Mount St. Helens
- Eruptions in the Cascade Range During the Past 4,000 Years
- Geologic Hazards at Volcanoes
- A New Perspective on Mount St. Helens - Dramatic Landform Change and Associated Hazards at the Most Active Volcano in the Cascade Range (2008)
- Rebuilding Mount St. Helens (2006)
- Crater Lake Revealed
- Hawaii's Volcanoes Revealed
From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program:
For the College Professor and Teaching Assistant
Exploratory and General Resources (Good for K-12!)
Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
Stromboli online