Introduction

Task

Activity 1

Activity 2

Earthquake Resources

Volcano Resources

Evaluation

Introduction

Earthquakes and volcanoes are awesome forces of nature. What causes them? How have they changed the earth’s surface around them? What are some of the more famous earthquakes and volcanoes? You are going to be investigating and reporting on a famous earthquake, region where earthquakes occur, or volcano.

Task

After receiving your topic, you will be looking up information about that earthquake or volcano.

You will use that information to do the following activities:

1. Present a 3-5 minute speech on your topic.

2. Create a visual to accompany your speech.

Activity #1 (Speech)

1. For activity #1, use the Internet links and books

listed below to locate information about your topic.

2. You may NOT copy and paste the information.

You must put the information in your own words.

Included in your speech must be the following:

The date(s) that your earthquake(s) or volcano

occurred.

Where your earthquake/volcano occurred

(be able to point it out on a world map for us).

Is the area known for seismic/volcanic activity?

Be able to explain why (think plate boundaries)

Is your volcano dormant, extinct, or active? (pg. 98)

Is your volcano a shield, cinder cone,

or composite volcano? (pgs. 104-105)

How much damage did your earthquake or

volcano cause? (destruction of area,

economically, etc.)

How many people were affected?

( injured, fatalities, left homeless, etc.)

Are there any other interesting facts that you found? Include any human interest stories if possible. (You should have a lot of extra facts)

3. For most topics, you must have at least ONE Internet

source, and ONE print source (book, magazine,

newspaper article—you may count online newspapers or

magazines as a print source)

Activity #2 Visual

1. Create a visual that shows an interesting or important aspect of your volcano or earthquake.

Poster (You can include photos, a map showing the location of your topic and the fault line for an earthquake or location on the ring of fire for a volcano; you can use diagrams to explain how an earthquake occurs and what type of volcano you have- be creative & imaginative)

Chart or graph

Photo collage

Map

Other:

Resources – KEY to the Symbols

Click on the Internet address (URL) to go to the link

Encyclopedia Britannica overview article on your topic

SIRS Discoverer magazine or newspaper article

EBSCO Middle Search magazine or newspaper articles

Books and magazines available in the Burneson library are listed below the

online links

EARTHQUAKES

Afghanistan	Armenian	Bhuj earthquake Gujarat, India	Sichuan China May 12, 2008	Iran	Kashmir, Pakistan	Kobe, Japan	Messina	Mexico City
Morocco	San Francisco 1906			San Francisco 1989	Northridge, California	Sumatra	Tangshan	Turkey

Afghanistan earthquakes

(report on the region)

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/historical_country.php - a summary of

earthquakes in Afghanistan from 1998 to 2005

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/4/newsid_2534000/2534279.stm

1998 earthquake

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/27/wquake27.xml

http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2002/03/26/story44370.asp

http://www.seismo-watch.com/EQS/AB/2002/020326.Afghan/020326.Afghan.html - 2002

earthquake

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1895691.stm - 2002 earthquake

http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/apr04/WebExtra040604.html - 2004 earthquake

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world.php - World Earthquake Information by

Country/Region

Copy the title below, click on the button to go to the online magazine database, paste the title and click on search

Afghan Quake Kills at Least 1,200 (2002 Earthquake)

Armenian Earthquake
December 7, 1988

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/10/newsid_2544000/2544077.stm

http://www.cnr.colostate.edu/avprojects/98proj/world_volc/web_docs/armenia.html

http://www.eeri.org/lfe/armenia_spitak.html

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world.php

World Earthquake Information by

Country/Region

The Armenian Earthquake by Engholm

Associated Press Library of Disasters Vol. 1

Earthquakes by Bolt

Great Disasters – Reader’s Digest

Natural Disasters by Davis

100 Catastrophic Disasters by Cawthorne

Bhuj

earthquake

Gujarat,

India

2001

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2001/eq_010126/

http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/archives/secondary/casestud/india/2/earthquake.html

http://cires.colorado.edu/~bilham/Gujarat2001.html

http://www.conservationtech.com/india-UNESCO/INDIA-home.htm

http://www.gsi.gov.in/quake.htm (has photos)

http://www.redcross.org/news/in/0101bhuj/india.html

http://www.skghoshassociates.com/sk_publication/PCI-Mar01_Obser_from_Bhuj_eq.PDF

http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/feb/08quak3.htm

http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/feb/06quak1.htm

https://www.asce.org/pdf/Gujarat_India.pdf

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1773919.stm - a year after the earthquake

Copy the title below, click on the button to go to the online magazine database (Middle School Search), paste the title and click on search

A landscape of devastation and mourning

Plain Dealer newspaper articles January 28, 29, 30, 2001

Sichuan China, May 12 2008

Click on Tracking Natural Disasters (left hand column) and see China

articles.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/earthquakes/sichuan_province_china/index.html

New York Times articles about the earthquake

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24573168/

MSNBC article day after the earthquake

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90371578

NPR article, diagrams and links

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/1957454/China-earthquake-Exodus-begins-from-Sichuan.html

http://cn.chinaontv.com/dizhen/video_view_08.html

Videos showing the devastation of the earthquake

http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080513_1.htm

Photos showing disaster of the earthquake

Iran earthquakes

(report on the region)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3348613.stm

http://www.payvand.com/news/04/jan/1109.html

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/world/iran/sig_eq.html

http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1071&id=1412172003

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9705/10/iran.quake/

Bam 2003 earthquake

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world.php

World Earthquake Information by

Country/Region

Copy the title below (in bold), click on the button to go to the online magazine database, paste the title and click on search

Countries Mobilize to aid Iran earthquake victims (Bam 2003)

Death Toll in Iran Quake Rises to 500 (2005 Quake)

Along with lives, architectural treasures lost in Bam

Architectural Record magazine

Aftershock (type in Aftershock and Iran)

US News and World Report

Iranian government draws up plans to rebuild Bam

Lancet magazine - PDF

Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes by Ritchie ; an overview of earthquakes in Iran

Natural Disasters by Davis

Plain Dealer March 2, 1997 Death toll from Iranian quake may exceed 3,000

Plain Dealer March 3, 1997 Quake devastates Iranian villages

Kashmir, Pakistan 2005

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aPgd_hxq12SM&refer=asia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/south_asia/2005/south_asia_quake/default.stm

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/quake.pakistan/

http://www.gsi.gov.in/pokeq/pokeq.htm

http://www.drgeorgepc.com/Earthquake2005Pakistan.html

http://news.yahoo.com/fc/World/South_Asia_Earthquake - Yahoo links to information about

the earthquake

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world.php

World Earthquake Information by

Country/Region

Copy the title below (in bold), click on the button to go to the online magazine database, paste the title and click on search

Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 79,000

Quake Rocks Pakistan, India

Deadly Quake devastates Southern Asia ( PDF file)

Time magazine, October 24, 2005

Newsweek magazine, October 24, 2005

U.S. News and World Report magazine, October 24, 2005

Kobe, Japan

1995

http://www.olympus.net/personal/gofamily/quake/famous/kobe.html

http://www.georesources.co.uk/kobehigh.htm

http://www.sln.org.uk/geography/enquiry/we39.htm

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world.php

World Earthquake Information by

Country/Region

Copy the title below (in bold), click on the button to go to the online magazine database, paste the title and click on search

Lessons of Kobe

Newsweek

When Kobe died

Time

Associated Press Library of Disasters Vol. 1

Facts on File, January 19, 1995

Life magazine, March 1995 - photos

National Geographic magazine, July, 1995, pp. 112-136

Newsweek magazine, January 30, 1995, p.18+

Popular Science magazine, Feb. 1996

Time magazine, January 30, 1995, p.24+

Life magazine, March 1995

Messina earthquake

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rescue/peopleevents/pandeAMEX99.html

http://rms-republic.com/gallery/Earthquake - photos & maps

http://www.sicilianculture.com/news/earthquake.htm

Associated Press Library of Disasters Vol. 1

Natural Disasters by Davis

100 Catastrophic Disasters by Cawthorne

Mexico City earthquake 1985

http://www.drgeorgepc.com/Tsunami1985Mexico.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/19/newsid_4252000/4252078.stm

http://www.johnmartin.com/earthquakes/eqshow/647003_00.htm

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/slideset/3/3_slides.shtml -

photos of the earthquake’s devastation

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/first100/1068709.html - stories from the disaster as well

as information

http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9908/17/mexico.quake/ - Mexico City after the quake

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world.php

World Earthquake Information by

Country/Region

Copy the title below (in bold), click on the button to go to the online magazine database, paste the title and click on search

Mexico City’s Earthquake: lessons in the ruins

Science News

Associated Press Library of Disasters Vol. 1

Earthquakes by Bolt

Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes by Ritchie

Natural Disasters by Davis

National Geographic magazine, May, 1986, pp. 654-675

Volcanoes and Earthquakes, pp. 56+

Morocco earthquake 2004

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/02/24/morocco.quake/index.html

http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/feb04/WebExtra022404.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3515803.stm

http://au.news.yahoo.com/040224/2/nuep.html

http://www.phschool.com/science/planetdiary/archive04/eart2022804.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/24/world/main601843.shtml

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4358425/

http://www.greatdreams.com/morocco-earthquake.htm

http://www.ifrc.org/docs/news/04/04030202/ - survivor stories

Copy the title below (in bold), click on the button to go to the online magazine database, paste the title and click on search

Quake in Morocco Kills at Least 550

Earthquake in northern Morocco

San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/info/1906/

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/sfeq.htm

Copy the title below (in bold), click on the button to go to the online magazine database, paste the title and click on search

1906 Quake: a look back

Associated Library of Disasters Vol. 1

Great Disasters – Reader’s Digest

Natural Disasters by Davis, pp. 60+

100 Catastrophic Disasters by Cawthorne

Plain Dealer April 17, 2006 The Great San Francisco Quake

Real Life Stories of 30 Amazing Disasters April 21, 1906

The San Francisco Earthquake by House

San Francisco Earthquake of 1989

(Loma Prieta)

http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/89.html

http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-29/

http://sfgate.com/n/s/p/2004/city/

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world.php

World Earthquake Information by

Country/Region

: Fifteen Seconds: the Great California Earthquake of 1989

National Geographic magazine, May, 1990, pp. 76-105

Northridge California Earthquake of 1994

http://www.lafire.com/famous_fires/940117_NorthridgeEarthquake/quake/00_EQE_contents.htm

http://dart2.arc.nasa.gov/Deployments/NorthridgeEarthquake1994/Northridge.html

http://www.data.scec.org/chrono_index/northreq.html

http://www.lafire.com/famous_fires/940117_NorthridgeEarthquake/quake/01_EQE_exsummary.htm

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world.php

World Earthquake Information by

Country/Region

Associated Press Library of Disasters Vol. 1

Earth magazine, Sept. 1994

Plain Dealer January 18, 1994-Nightmare shock wave devastates L.A.

Shock Waves through Los Angeles by Vogel

National Geographic magazine, April, 1995, pp. 2-35

U.S. News and World Report –January 17, 1994 & January 31, 1994

Earth magazine, Sept. 1994

SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI , DEC. 2004

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2004/asia_quake_disaster/default.stm

In depth look at the disaster. Look under KEY GUIDES (lower right hand corner) for:

At-a-glance: Countries hit

Tsunami: Anatomy of a disaster

Maps: Trail of destruction

Audio gallery: Tsunami disaster

Timeline: How events unfolded

Logistics: Delivering the aid

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2005/01/

USGS information about the earthquake that caused the tsunami

http://asiasource.org/news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=122888

Basic information and links to more about the earthquake and tsunami

http://www.tsunamis.com/tsunami-pictures.html

Photos of the destruction –includes some FAKE photos—do not use those

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4126227.stm

Pictures of the aftermath of the tsunami

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1228_041228_tsunami.html

News about the tsunami from Nat. Geographic.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world.php

World Earthquake Information by

Country/Region (click on the various countries affected by the earthquake/tsunami)

Copy the title below (in bold), click on the button to go to the online magazine database, paste the title and click on search

Killer Waves

Scientists explain the origin of South Asia’s deadly tsunamis

Sea of Sorrow Time magazine

Tide of Grief Newsweek

Tsunami Disaster Science News

Disaster in the Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004

Time magazine January 10, 2005

Newsweek magazine, January 10, 2005

100 Catastrophic Disasters by Cawthorne

U.S. News and World Report magazine, January 10 & January 17, 2005

Tangshan earthquake 1976

http://history1900s.about.com/od/horribledisasters/a/tangshan.htm

http://www.kepu.com.cn/english/quake/ruins/rns20.html - photos

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/28/newsid_4132000/4132109.stm

http://www.rms.com/Publications/1976Tangshan.pdf

http://www.globalwatch.org/ungp/qinglong.htm

Associated Press Library of Disasters Vol. 1

Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes - Ritchie

Great Disasters – Reader’s Digest

100 Catastrophic Disasters by Cawthorne

Real Life Stories of 30 Amazing Disasters July 28, 1976.

Turkey-

August, 1999 &

2003

TURKEY 1999 (IZMIT)

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/research/geology/turkey/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/422773.stm

http://www.riverdeep.net/current/1999/08/080399.quake_turkey.jhtml

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/2991021.stm - pictures

http://www.ifrc.org/where/country/cn6.asp?iYear=3&countryid=174&view=

International Red Cross-Turkey earthquake information

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec99/turkey_index.html

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world.php

World Earthquake Information by

Country/Region

Copy the title below (in bold), click on the button to go to the online magazine database, paste the title and click on search

The Big One – Newsweek

What to do for Turkey – Christian Science Monitor

Wrath of the Gods –National Geographic

National Geographic magazine, July, 2000, pp. 32+

Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes by Ritchie (Izmit, Turkey)

TURKEY 2003

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world.php

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/geology/turkey/index.php

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2003/eq_030501/

http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/may03/WebExtra050103.html#

Copy the title below (in bold), click on the button to go to the online magazine database, paste the title and click on search

An earthquake strikes Turkey

Information about various earthquakes

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/

US Geological National Earthquake Information Center

Has earthquake facts and statistics, current and historical information

· http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/earthqk.shtml

Earthquake Slide Sets NGDC offers fourteen 35-mm slide sets depicting earthquake damage throughout the world.

Significant Earthquake Database contains information on more than 5,000 destructive earthquakes from 2150 B.C. to the present.

Earthquake Intensity Database contains damage and felt reports for over 22,000 U.S. earthquakes from 1638 to 1985.

· http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/quakes/quakes.html

Worldwide Earthquake Locator

· http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/large_usa.html

Earthquakes in the United States, Magnitude 7.0 and Greater

· http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/

Information on Significant Worldwide Earthquakes by Year

· http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/significant.html

Significant Earthquakes of the World from 1980

· http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/historical.php

Historical Earthquakes

VOLCANOES

El Chichon	Kilauea	Krakatoa	Montserrat	Mt. Etna	Mt. Fuji	Mount St. Helens
Mount Pelee		Mount Pinatubo	Stromboli	Surtsey		Vesuvius

El Chichon	http://www.geologia.unam.mx/georeg/arce/folletochichon.pdf http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Mexico/framework.html http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/volcanoes/index.html http://www.vulkaner.no/v/volcan/latinam/chicon-e.html http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/pdf/EGECElChichon.pdf effects of the eruption on the climate Associated Press Library of Disasters Vol. 3, p. 60+ National Geographic magazine Nov. 1982, p. 672-675
Kilauea	http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/HCV/kilauea.html Hawaii Center for Volcanology information http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/volcanoes/index.html http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs132-98/ Photos, diagrams and information about eruptions http://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/lava2.htm What’s going on with the Volcano http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080327171053.htm Eruptions in 2008 http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov/kilaueastatus.php Daily updates on Kilauea’s volcanic activity Type in Kilauea and search Go to Middle Search (Grades 6-8) and type in Kilauea. Look for these articles: “Lava shoots the chute” & “Go with the flow”
Mt Fuji	http://www.chemistrydaily.com/chemistry/Mount_Fuji - geology & history http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/volcanoes/index.html http://web-japan.org/atlas/nature/nat06.html http://www.stmoroky.com/reviews/gallery/hokusai/24views.htm - images http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0803-03= http://hakone.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/vrc/others/fujigeol.html http://www.yamanashi-kankou.jp/english/english042.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/060717-mount-fuji.html - Mt. Fuji overdue for eruption Go to Middle Search (grades 6-8) and type in Mount Fuji. Look for these articles: “Heightening fears over Fuji” & “Fuji’s fearful rumble back to life” Type in Mount Fuji Disaster Sketched Natural Wonders of the World Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes by Ritchie National Geographic magazine August 2002
Krakatoa (Krakatau)	http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Indonesia/description_krakatau_1883_eruption.html http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/volcanoes/index.html http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Home.html http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/krakatoa/krakatoa.html http://www.earlham.edu/~bubbmi/krakatoa.htm information plus maps Copy the title below (in bold), click on the button to go to the online magazine database, paste the title and click on search Volcanoes Indonesia’s deadly three Associated Press Library of Disasters Vol. 3, pp. 7+ Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes – Ritchie Great Disasters – Reader’s Digest Natural Disasters – Davis Volcanoes and Earthquakes – p. 48+ Krakatoa blew its top in 1883- Earth Science magazine, summer, 1988
MONTSERRAT (Soufriere Hills)	http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/west.indies/soufriere/govt/miscdocs/chronology.html Montserrat Volcano Observatory – chronology of eruptions in 1990’s http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/volcanoes/index.html http://www.synapses.co.uk/science/mvolcano.html http://www.bgs.ac.uk/education/montserrat/monshome.html http://sei.org/impacts.html -- Ecological effects of Montserrat volcano Copy the title below (in bold), click on the button to go to the online magazine database, paste the title and click on search Under the Volcano – Time magazine Associated Press Library of Disasters Vol. 3, pp. 92+ National Geographic magazine, July 1997, pp. 58-75 Newsweek magazine, August 18, 1997 p. 43+ 100 Catastrophic Disasters by Cawthorne People magazine, October 13, 1997, p. 45+
Mt. Etna	http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/volcanoes/index.html http://earth.esa.int/ew/volcanoes/etna_it_96/ http://www.volcanolive.com/etna.html - links and photos http://boris.vulcanoetna.com/ETNA.html **** http://www.vulcanoetna.it/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/696953.stm http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Italy/Maps/map_italy_volcanoes.html - major volcanoes of Italy map Associated Press Library of Disasters Vol. 3, pp. 29+ & p. 57 & p. 85+ Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes – Ritchie Great Disasters – Reader’s Digest Natural Disasters – Davis National Geographic magazine , Feb. 2002 , p. 68+
Mount St. Helens	http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/msh//contents.html http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Home.html http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/volcanoes/index.html http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs036-00/ http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/ http://www.olywa.net/radu/valerie/StHelens.html http://www.kirotv.com/mountsthelens/index.html http://www.pnsn.org/HELENS/helensep_mo.html http://geology.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=geology&cdn=education&tm=15&gps=151_990_1020_569&f=00&su=p284.5.420.ip_&tt=2&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/framework.html About.com’s links to Mount St. Helens information including current activity http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/NatMonument/PointsInterest/map_msh_points_interest.html map of the area Copy the title below (in bold), click on the button to go to the online magazine database, paste the title and click on search The Big Blowup – Odyssey magazine Timeline of Mount St. Helens eruption – Seattle Times Watching Mount St. Helens recover – Odyssey magazine Associated Press Library of Disasters Vol. 3, pp. 58+ Cobblestone magazine May 1981, Mount St. Helens: An American volcano Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes – Ritchie (look under Saint Helens, Mount) Great Disasters in History by Kratoville Mount Saint Helens by Corcoran Mount Saint Helens Volcano by Bredeson Natural Disasters by Davis Volcano by Lauber Volcanoes and the Earth’s Interior , pp. 68+ Cobblestone magazine, May, 1981 National Geographic magazine, January 1981, p. 3+ National Geographic magazine Dec. 1981, pp. 713-733 National Geographic magazine, May , 2000, pp. 106+
Mount Pelee	http://www.mount-pelee.com/ http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Home.html http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/volcanoes/index.html http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/interior/Mt_Pelee.html&edu=high http://www.publicbookshelf.com/ Copy the title below (in bold), click on the button to go to the online magazine database, paste the title and click on search The Tragedy of St. Pierre – Geographical magazine Associated Press Library of Disasters Vol. 3. pp. 11+ Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes- Ritchie Natural Disasters – Davis , pp.292+ 100 Catastrophic Disasters by Cawthorne Real Life Stories of 30 Amazing Disasters May 8, 1902 Volcanoes of the World p. 124+
Mount Pinatubo	http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/volcanoes/index.html http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/1997/fs113-97/ http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa030901a.htm?terms=mount+pinatubo http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Philippines/Pinatubo/framework.html http://www.georesources.co.uk/pinatubo.htm Copy the title below (in bold), click on the button to go to the online magazine database, paste the title and click on search Pinatubo Points – Astronomy magazine Pinatubo’s Impact Spreads around the globe - Science News Associated Press Library of Disasters Vol. 3, 82+ Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes - Ritchie National Geographic magazine , Dec. 1992, pp. 5-41 Natural Disasters – Davis, pp. 303+ 100 Catastrophic Disasters by Cawthorne Volcanoes of the World by McQuire Lahars from Mt. Pinatubo- Earth magazine, Sept. 1992
Stromboli	http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0101-04= http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/volcanoes/index.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2615887.stm http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/volcano/index-en.html http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano- tours/volcanoes/europe/itay/stromboli/updates.html - current volcano activity http://boris.vulcanoetna.com/STROMBOLI_intro.html **** http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Italy/Maps/map_italy_volcanoes.html - major volcanoes of Italy map Associated Press Library of Disasters Vol. 3, pp. 31+ Encyclopedia of earthquakes and volcanoes- Ritchie
Surtsey	http://www.icelandicgeographic.is/surtsey.html http://www.vulkaner.no/n/surtsey/esurtmenu.html http://www.explorenorth.com/library/weekly/aa042601a.htm basic information + links Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes -Ritchie National Geographic magazine May, 1965, pp. 713-726

Vesuvius

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/vmtvesuvius.html http://www.vesuvioinrete.it/e_storia.htm http://www.volcanolive.com/vesuvius2.html http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_vesuvius.html http://boris.vulcanoetna.com/VESUVIO.html **** http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Italy/Maps/map_italy_volcanoes.html - major volcanoes of Italy map http://vulcan.fis.uniroma3.it/vesuvio/79_eruption.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0306_060306_vesuvius.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4780916.stm Copy the title below (in bold), click on the button to go to the online magazine database, paste the title and click on search Type in Vesuvius and search Bubble Trouble – Current Science A deadly Volcano - dig magazine Vesuvius – Sr. Weekly Reader PDF Associated Press Library of Disasters Vol. 3, pp. 18+ Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes - Ritchie Natural Disasters – Davis, pp. 280+ Pompeii – Biel Pompeii: the vanished city- The Eruption of Vesuvius- National Geographic Research magazine, Summer, 1985

Information about many volcanoes

http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/volcanoes/index.html Volcano World Historical eruptions and current volcanic information- considered the premier site on volcanoes http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Home.html - volcanic landforms http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/volcano.shtml Links to volcano database and images http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/fliers/se-0801.shtml - slides with photos of various volcanoes http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/allvolcs.htm Volcanoes of the world- search by name http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/ MTU’s links to volcano information http://www.usgs.gov/themes/volcano.html United States Geological Survey- information for U.S. volcanoes

GRADING RUBRIC FOR VOLCANO/EARTHQUAKE

SPEECH AND VISUAL

Points	2	4	6	8
Organization	Audience cannot understand presentation because there is no logical sequence of information.	Audience has difficulty following presentation because student jumps around.	Student presents information in a logical sequence which audience can follow.	Student presents information in logical, interesting sequence which audience can follow.
Subject Knowledge	Student does not have grasp of information; student cannot answer questions about subject.	Student is uncomfortable with information and is able to answer only rudimentary questions with no elaboration.	Student is at ease and answers most questions with explanations and some elaboration.	Student demonstrates full knowledge (more than required) and is able to answer any questions with explanations and elaboration.
Visual Aid	Poor, spelling errors, sloppy work	Adds nothing to the speech; visually not appealing	Relates to topic; few errors	Enhances the speech; no spelling errors; visually appealing
Preparedness	Student does not seem at all prepared to present	Somewhat prepared, but it is clear rehearsal was lacking	Seems pretty prepared, but might have needed a couple more rehearsals	Completely prepared and have obviously rehearsed
Time-Limit	Under 1 minute	1-2 minutes	2-3 minutes	3-5 minutes
Speech Presentation	Mumbles, audience has difficulty hearing; confusing presentation	Thoughts don’t flow, not clear, does not engage audience	Thoughts articulated clearly, though delivery does not engage audience	Thoughts are articulated clearly, and delivery engages audience.