Discussions Ask the Volcano Expert Lesson Plans Earthquakes and Volcanoes (University of California - Coe and Merrick) Provides a lesson to study earthquakes and volcanoes. 3-01 Materials Volcanoes Erupting (Christian Science Monitor) Provides pictures of erupting volcanoes. News 05-20-04 New Underwater Volcano Found (Bloomberg.com) "A previously unknown underwater volcano has been discovered off the coast of Antarctica, the National Science Foundation said Thursday." 5-04 10-01-04 Mount St. Helens Erupts After 18 Years (CBS News) "Mount St. Helens, the volcano that blew its top with cataclysmic force in 1980, erupted for the first time in 18 years Friday, belching a huge column of white steam and ash after days of rumblings." 10-04 Papers Catastrophe Changes Civilizations (PBS - Secrets of the Dead Series) Provides evidence that in 535 A.D. the climate of the world was changed due to a volcano eruption. In turn, David Keyes researches changes in civilizations that may have been due to the droughts and hunger that may have resulted from the eruption. 6-01 Keys: Volcano Krakatoa Explodes in 535 AD, Starting the "Dark Ages" (BHCI.com) "Scientists have uncovered evidence from around the world that the early Dark Ages may have been triggered by an actual event that occurred around 535 A.D." 10-06 Mountains of the World (Infoplease.com) Provides a list of the highest mountains of the world, including height and location. 6-02 Mountains of the World (PeakWare.com) Provides a list of the highest mountains of the world, including height and location. 6-02 Mountains of the World (Wenzel) Provides pictures and information on mountains that allow exploration by walking, including Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), Mount Ararat (Turkey), Mont Blanc (France), Ras Dashen (Ethiopia), Mount Kinabalu (Sabah), Mount Cameroon (Cameroon), Mount Fuji (Japan), Pico de Teide (Canary Islands, Spain), Mount Etna (Italy), Qornat es-Sawda (Lebanon), Musala (Bulgaria), Jabal Katrina (Egypt), Huayna Picchu (Peru), Pico (Azores, Portugal), Hekla (Iceland), Ben Nevis (Scotland), Snowdon (Wales), Scafell Pike (England), Bénara (Mayotte), and Christoffelberg (Curaçao). 7-01 Mountains of the World - Alphabetical (PeakWare.com) Provides information on peaks of the world in alphabetic order. Warning - Has brightly flashing "Winner" banner at the tops of pages.6-02 Mountains of the World - Search Engine (PeakWare.com) Provides information on peaks of the world by continent, continent and name, elevation, or continent and elevation. Warning - Has brightly flashing "Winner" banner at the tops of pages.6-02 Plate Tectonics - Himalayan Mountains (USGS) Provides a history of the collision of the plate carrying India with Asia, forming the Himalayan Mountains. Starting the "Dark Ages" (Wikipedia.org) "In the years 535 and 536, several remarkable aberrations in world climate took place. The Byzantine historian Procopius recorded of 536, "during this year a most dread portent took place. For the sun gave forth its light without brightness… and it seemed exceedingly like the sun in eclipse, for the beams it shed were not clear." Tree ring analysis by dendrochronologist Mike Baillie, of the Queen's University of Belfast, shows abnormally little growth in Irish oak in 536 and another sharp drop in 542, after a partial recovery. Similar patterns are recorded in tree rings from Sweden and Finland, in California's Sierra Nevada and in rings from Chilean Alerce trees." 10-06 Tambora Eruption (Wikipedia.org) "Mount Tambora is a volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa. In 1815, the volcano of Tambora suffered the most violent eruption in modern times." 01-06 Volcano Games (ThinkQuest) Provides two games to learn more about volcanoes. Volcanoes (ThinkQuest) Provides well organized and indepth information on volcanoes. Volcanoes - Mount Etna of Italy (Volcano World) Provides pictures and information on the active volcano. Visitors sometimes misspell as Aetena or Aetna. 7-01 Volcanoes - Mount Hood of Oregon (Volcano World) Provides pictures and information on the active volcano. 7-01 Volcanoes Worksheets (AbcTeach) Provides dozens of worksheets to help children have a better understanding of volcanoes. 8-01 Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics (ThinkQuest) Provides information on volcanoes, plate tectonics, and more. Volcanoes of the World (Volcano World) Provides a listing of volcanoes of the world by region of the world, name, or country. Visitors sometimes misspell the plural of volcano as volcanos. 7-01

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