INGOMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE Name(s): _____________________SCORE:____/30
Period: _____ Date :___________
United States Volcano Activity NGDC Mercator Map Due Date: _______________
Objective: to
research and present a
volcano located in the
(This is a poster presentation (written), be
prepared to answer questions
about your
volcano).
United States* (Volcano) you choose: ______________________________________
Criteria: Points: Poster Overhead Other
-Name of volcano 2 Volcano Database
Picture (s) /
Map
(s)/ NASA
Images,
Intute, USGS 2
NGDC
-State(s)
located in (Include
information of area.)
2 (Is it a state or National Park?)
-Location (Latitude: _____Longitude: _____ Area, City_____) 2 (Rainfall, snowfall amounts?)
-Elevation:__________ area, slope, glaciers, ice fields, snow? 2 (Slope angle= _____)
-Description
U.S.
Climate, WorldClimate
A. Extinct,
Dormant or Active
2 (Last
eruption __________)
B. History (Destruction of region, features, mining…) 2 (Area covered: __________ km)
C. Description (Type*, Mountain Range=____________) 2
* (Stratovolcano,
composite, dome, shield, cinder, caldera, dykes, sills, batholiths, plateaus…)
________________________________________________________
D. Rock Type: composition (I, M, S ):_______________ 2
-Summarize
what you have learned
from this
activity 5 (Activities to do
there?)
________________________________________________________
-Graph: eruptions, timeline, elevations, area, volume,
deaths… 2 ____________
___________
-List the sites you visited below (Five required sites). 5
5 Sites Required : AlphaVolcanoes Map Observatories USA Volcano World
http://geology.usgs.gov/index.shtml
or http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/ or
http://www.volcanolive.com/
Earthobservatory
Gallery
Global Map
Tsunami Tsunami
Research Tsunami
Warning Center
1.________________________________________________________
2.________________________________________________________
3.________________________________________________________
4.________________________________________________________
5.________________________________________________________
Two questions about your Volcano and answers:
1)________________________________________________________ ____________________
2)________________________________________________________ ____________________
Assessment: _______/ Total 30 points
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I have read the above requirements for my child’s science project and will agree to cooperate in assuring that s (he) completes it as assigned by the due date.
_____________________ _____________________ ___/___/___
Parent Signature Parent Signature Date
(Please return at your earliest convenience.) Thank you!
