Educational Materials (1-3 of 3)

1. Tephra Impact Lab - Taupo Volcano

   06 Dec 2011 | Contributor(s):: Tom Wilson, Leah Michelle Courtland

   This lab requires students to produce a pre-eruption tephra risk assessment for Taupo volcano, using Tephra2. It requires students to consider the eruptive history of Taupo volcano and a volcanic unrest scenario is provided, so that students must decide what magnitude and style of eruption is...

2. Natural Hazards Tephra Fallout Lab

   04 Mar 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Leah Michelle Courtland

   This lab walks students through using the tephra2 education graphical user interface (gui) to investigate tephra fallout at Colima volcano. By the end of this lab, students should be able to:•understand that every volcanic event is different and so produces a unique deposit•convert from units of...

3. Alaska Volcanoes Guidebook for Teachers

   02 Mar 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Jennifer Nicole Adleman

   USGS GIP 99 Alaska Volcanoes Guidebook for Teachers http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/99/ Alaska's volcanoes, like its abundant glaciers, charismatic wildlife, and wild expanses inspire and ignite scientific curiosity and generate an ever-growing source of questions for students in Alaska and throughout...