VolcanoWorld Online

Our goal is to give you an educational experience,
about volcanoes, using online resources.

You are the person to visit this page. Thanks!

• The heart of VW Online will be to encourage the use of VolcanoWorld and the WWW as resources to study Volcanoes by:
• Providing volcano lessons via the WWW.
• Provide expert feedback to students via the WWW.
• Encourage research to be done on the internet .
• Promoting the mastery of the internet and not be a slave to it.
• Supplement classroom studies of Volcanoes with live online opportunities:
• Student internet TV broadcast.
• Encourage and facilitate student to student email around the world.
• Facilitate publishing of student work on classroom web sites.
• Use real world names and places and situations to:
• experience real problems
• develop real solutions
• Develop the students own individual creativity and learning style.

The lessons are the heart of VolcanoWorld Online. They were designed specifically for interaction via the WWW, internet and email. The lessons are sequential and designed to cover introductory volcano topics. They are designed to take from 50-60 minutes. The Eruption Simulation is designed to take about 20 minutes per day for a minimum of 10 class days. Altogether the Online experience could be done in 3 weeks, enthusiasm and participation may dictate as much as a full trimester or semester.

1. Vacation Excitement!- The mountain where the students are vacationing, wakes up.
2. Monitoring Volcanoes- Presents two ways to measure volcanic deformation.
3. Volcano Hazards- Looks at ash and mudflows and the hazards they present.
4. VOLC News- Produce a 5 minute internet news cast about an active volcano.
5. Eruption Simulation- Experience the drama of a potential volcanic eruption in your community. Plan community, business and political responses to ensure your survival.

The lessons are classroom ready, with minimal equipment required from the classroom. (blank paper, salt, balloons, felt pens, cardboard, etc.) All handouts, maps, pictures, movies and research sites are linked to the lesson.

VACATION EXCITEMENT!	1 day/40-50 minutes
VOLCANO HAZARDS	1 day/50-60 minutes
MONITORING VOLCANOES	1 day/50-60 minutes
VOLC NEWS	1 day/50-60 minutes
ERUPTION SIMULATION	10 days/20-30 minutes

* Teacher Prep as needed
**Scheduled when needed

• working cooperatively in groups to solve problems
• sending email to other participating classes
• asking questions of VolcanoWorld experts and other participants
• posting completed lessons, graphics and questions to a web site
• submitting new volcano study ideas

VW Online is free and available to all. To start, simply begin using the lessons.

Teacher Prep- The teacher prep can last as short as one day or as long as you want, depending on your level of internet knowledge.

Online Lessons - For the online lessons you need:

• access to the World Wide Web.
• the ability to print documents.
• the ability to send and receive email.



VWOnline will | Lessons | Schedule | Time Requirements
Participant Interaction | Getting started



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