What if Jules Verne's book, Journey
to the Center of the Earth weren't just science fiction?
What
if a volcano is the entrance and what if everything in the book is
real?
Topics include the latest information on the two eruptions occurring on
Kilauea volcano, lava tube formation, Halema`uma`u Crater volcanic
activity, and lava ocean entry.
Videocasts (movies) are in Quicktime and Windows Media formats, but
mainly Windows.
PBS
Online From
the legendary fury of Mt. Vesuvius in the year 79 A.D. to the
devastating convulsion of Kobe, Japan, in 1994, the third of
a four-part series tells the stories of these great
natural
disasters, the scientists who struggle to understand and predict them,
and the people whose lives are forever changed by their merciless
forces. The web site explains the science behind volcanoes,
earthquakes, and tsunamis, and feature original animations and movies
that illustrate the action of these natural phenomena. You can also
Ask-the-Experts your questions, and explore other Savage Sites on the
Web.
Segment 13. Volcanism
Volcanoes provide clues about what is going on inside Earth. Animations
illustrate volcanic processes and how plate boundaries are related to
volcanism. The program also surveys the various types of eruptions,
craters, cones and vents, lava domes, magma, and volcanic rock. The
1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens serves as one example. (This is an
advanced video.)
Annenberg Media uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent
teaching in American schools. This mandate is carried out chiefly by
the funding and broad distribution of educational video programs with
coordinated Web and print materials. It is part of The Annenberg
Foundation and advances the Foundation's goal of encouraging the
development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge. The
service is free.
Virtual
Fieldtrips
Volcanoes: The Earth at Work http://www.efieldtrips.org/cfm_bin/vv_altWindow.cfm?q_ID=HAVO
This is a unique look at Hawai`i's volcanoes and how they
work. Park Ranger, Joni Mae Makuakane-Jarrell guides you through the
world of volcanoes as well as explaining Hawaiian beliefs about Pele,
the legendary goddess of the Hawaiian volcanoes.
Slideshow format with captioning and clickable, highlighted words
spoken for
Hawai'ian pronunciations
Eruption:
Islands Rising from the Sea, Grades 4-8
An electronic field trip virtual visit - After clicking on this
link, http://www.bsu.edu/eft/volcanoes,
click on "Log In To The Website."
* User Name: lava
* Password: flow
There are three options to pursue: Hot
Spots, How volcanic activity formed the Hawaiian Islands; A Birds Island,
Birds were the first animals to discover the Hawaiian Islands; and A New Culture, how
people adapted to life on the islands.
This electronic field trip was created by Ball State University as part
of the Apple Learning Exchange. There are separate portals for teachers
and students.
* Teachers'portal includes PDF lesson plans and
archived movie - duration of 61 minutes.
* Student portal has interactive lessons on how
volcanoes work, types, etc.
Build your own volcanoes.
Try your hand at building the different types of volcanoes by
their various eruptions. Control magma viscosity and gas pressure. Then
watch your volcano erupt!!!
Did
you know that Pyroclastic Flows are the most deadly volcanoes,
traveling at 100 mph at 600+ degrees, carbonizing anyone in its path?
Did you know that 80% of volcanic activity happens underwater?
A
series of 22, one-minute-long video clips provides insights
from
scientists about these topics as well as Pompeii, the Ring of Fire,
plate tectonics, and more.
Webcams -
Remember time
zone differences!
* Volcanolive Webcam http://www.volcanolive.com/volcanocams.html Links
to Volcanocams
around the world - Mt. Fuji, Italy, Greece, and more. Take a look at Stromboli which is
often active.
*
Live Volcano Webcams http://www.geologyshop.co.uk/volccam.htm Live volcano cameras
& volcano satellite images provide
a collection of the best live webcam websites worldwide,
selected by a professional geologist. Volcanoes are listed by
continent.
Volcanic
gasses on Kilauea (provides wind direction and concentration of gasses
at Jaggar Museum and Kilauea Visitor Center)
Moku`aweoweo
- Mauna Loa
*
Mount St. Helens Webcam http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh
These are near real-time images of Mount St. Helens, taken from the
Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO) using a VolcanoCam Classic camera and
the new VolcanoCamHD camera. The (JRO) and VolcanoCams are located at
an elevation of approximately 4,500 feet, about five miles from the
volcano. You are looking approximately south-southeast across the North
Fork Toutle River Valley. The VolcanoCam images automatically update
approximately every five minutes.
"This is
a re-enactment as well as a documentary. The
combination of actual footage of natural disasters with CGI imagery,
along with the very well re-created people and scenery of the 19th
century is superb. The scope of destruction that was unleashed by this
volcano is unbelievable. Watch it on a big screen TV with surround
sound. You'll feel like the world is coming to an end. It's as exciting
and jaw-dropping as any effects-laden blockbuster movie, but without
being corny, because as over-the-top as it might be were it fiction,
this actually happened."
Can be purchased as a 1 disc, DVD, at the National
Geographic Storeonline
for $29.99; approximately 90 minutes; not rated.
The loudest bang in modern times was heard more than 3,000 miles away
when Indonesia's Krakatoa erupted in 1883. It wasn't the eruption
itself that killed 36,000 people, but a series of awesome
mega-tsunamis, coupled with extreme fire and heat.
Step back in time. It's 79 A.D., and you live near Mount
Vesuvius.
Pompeii's Eyewitness
Account - One man survived the volcano and left history in
writing. We've recreated it in a Web video documentary.
Ongoing Excavations - See the relics that archaeologists are still
uncovering today.
Could you survive? The eruption took most of the citizens off guard. Take
the quiz to see if you are a survivor.
"The
movie was excellent. After being in Pompeii and seeing
the ruins and the bodies encrusted in ash was truly overwhelming. An
educational movie for all classrooms. A must see movie."
Presented in widescreen format.
Format: DVD
Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Cost: Currently on sale for $4.99
Preview clip available.
Smithsonian
Institution's Global Volcanism Program data for known or inferred
Holocene volcanoes are now available as a Google Earth layer,
displaying a photo (when available), geographic data, and links to more
detailed information from the GVP and international volcano
observatories or other websites focusing on regional volcanoes.
Mauna
Loa - Earth's Largest Volcano covers half of the
Island of Hawai`i and has erupted 33 times since 1843. Its most recent
eruption was in 1984. Mauna Loa is certain to erupt again, and is
carefully monitored for signs of unrest.
America's first national park, Yellowstone, sits atop one of the
largest volcanoes on Earth. Granted, it's not your typical volcano,
either in scale (it's huge), appearance (it's a vast depression, not a
single mountain) or frequency of eruption (at least hundreds of
thousands of years apart).
But it is active, and the evidence is everywhere.
This site contains volcano information, maps, printouts, and directions
for making a baking soda and vinegar model. See Mrs. Newton or your
teacher if you need a user log-on and password.
Respond to a disaster...
As the newly appointed chief of the Emergency Management Agency for
Bluebear County, it's your job to handle an eruption of the fictional
Mount Spur. Can you handle this?
You don't have to be a geologist to appreciate the wonder of this
exploding volcano. Familyfun.com supplies a recipe for
combining
chocolate cakes into a volcano.
Teacher and student pages:
* Gelatin
Volcanoes: To understand how and why magma moves inside
volcanoes.
* Lava Layering: To learn about the
stratigraphy of lava flows produced by multiple eruptions.
* Cake Batter Lava: To
understand some of the
geological processes and the structures that form as lava flows.
* Piles of Fire: To investigate how
particle size affects the angle of a volcano's slope.
* Viscosity: To determine how fluid a
liquid really is by measuring its viscosity.
So much fun...so much learning.
Bill Nye the
Science Guy: Volcanoes
Enhanced
Classroom Edition (DVD); Part of the
Complete Series
Review -
"Volcano
eruptions
can be one of the most spectacular events in Earth science. It all has
to do with those plates that are constantly moving all over the Earth's
mantle, and the very hot rock that flows underneath. Using flashy
graphics, demonstrations, and anything else he can find, Nye shows
students the three kinds of volcanoes and the havoc they can cause. It
all goes at a frantic pace, with music and comedy bits that enhance the
instruction."
In addition to the complete 26-minute episode, this disk is
loaded with DVD features like: fully indexed "chapters" correlated to
National Science Standards; interactive glossaries and quizzes; and
bonus footage of interviews and demos. An on-disk implementation guide
is included.
* Format: DVD (Closed captioned and Spanish translation)
* Subject Area: Science & Nature
* Grade Level: Intermediate, Junior High, High School
* Run Time: 26 minutes
* Product ID: 77A25VL00
* Cost: $49.95 through Disney Educatonal Products
Diving to a Deep-Sea Volcano
by Kenneth Mallory.
Horn
Book starred (March, 2007)
"The book follows scientist Rich Lutz, a marine biologist who studies
the undersea ecosystems found at hydrothermal vents. Mallory adeptly
conveys the thrill of discovery and excitement in this field, where
every dive brings new finds that expand scientific thinking. Plentiful
color photographs allow readers to examine the deep-sea creatures in
situ as well as up close."
Reviews & Awards: Wilson's Children '07, School Library Journal
'07, Horn Book starred '07, Booklist '06, Bulletin of the Center for
Children's Books '06
* Nonfiction
* Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
* 60 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
* Interest Level: 5th -8th grades
* ISBN-13: 978-0-618-33205-2
* Cost: $14.45 through Follett's Title Wave
National Geographic - Volcano! (1990)
Travel around the world for a firsthand look at volcanoes - perhaps the
most dazzling but destructive force of nature. This video transports
you to some of the world's most notorious volcanoes, including Mount
Pinatubo in the Philippines and Japan's Mount Unzen. Join
volcanologists in their dangerous quest to forecast eruptions and save
lives and experience the explosive excitement and human drama
surrounding volcanoes.
* Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
* Language: English
* Number of discs: 1
* Rating: Not rated
* Studio: National Geographic Video
* DVD Release Date: July 29, 2003
* Run Time: 60 minutes
* Cost: $13.49 at Amazon.com
Volcanoesby Seymour Simon
Review by School
Library Journal
Gr. 3-7
Simon presents information on volcanoes to young readers in an
understandable text and colorful format. This book provides a general
overview of the types of volcanoes found around the world. It can be
used successfully to generate interest on the part of those readers
reluctant to pick up nonfiction books, as Simon gives readers an
armchair tour of some of the more impressive volcanoes around the
world: Mount St. Helens, the undersea volcanoes in Iceland, and Mauna
Loa in Hawaii.
* Nonfiction
* Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
* ISBN-13: 9780060877163
* Cost: $17.99 at Barnes and Noble
Volcanoes
[eBook] by Rob Shone
Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index. Presents, in
graphic novel format, a description of volcanic eruptions at Vesuvius
in 79 A.D., Krakatoa in 1883, and Mount St. Helens in 1980.
Streaming video - app. 15 minutes / Segments may be viewed separately.
Sections include Meet the Lava Junkies, Mark Twain's thoughts on
volcanoes, and Ash - A Volcano's Legacy and links to tsunamis.
(Download the full video player to avoid the mini commercials.)
Volcano Fiction - Books,
audiobooks, books online and movies
Journey to the
Center of the Earth (Graphic Revolve)
Review:
"The
graphic novel format makes a difficult text accessible
to younger readers. Good."--Librarian, Albuquerque Public Schools
Product Description:
Axel and his uncle find a note that describes a path to Earths center!
The men climb deep inside a volcano and discover amazing wonders. They
also run into danger, which could trap them below the surface forever.
Journey to the Center of the
Earth - Illustrated Classic
Review:
"This
series features classic tales retold with attractive
color illustrations. Educators using the Dale-Chall vocabulary system
adapted each title. Each 70 page, softcover book retains key phrases
and quotations from the original classics. Introduce literature to
reluctant readers and motivate struggling readers. Students build
confidence through reading practice. Motivation makes all the
difference. What's more motivation then the expectation of success?"
* READING LEVEL: 4.6 - 5.2 INTEREST LEVEL: 4 TO 12, ADULT
* Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing, Inc. (August
2005)
* ISBN-10: 1562549146
* Cost: $9.95 at Amazon.com
Journey to the Center of the
Earth - Illustrated Classic - AudioBook
format
Word for word audiocassettes feature professional actors and sound
effects, not just monotonous monologue. FEATURES: Page turn "beeps,"
page number prompts, background music, and multiple cast voices.
* Audio CD
* Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing, Inc. (August
2005)
* ISBN-10: 1562549154
* Cost: $19.71 at Amazon.com
This is the original book, published by Griffith and Farran (1871).
English translation
The entire book is online. See Chapters 11-14 and 42
especially for volcanic
activity.
Journey to the Center of the Earth DVD
Curriculum Connection - Until this summer's movie is released, try this
earlier version. Read
one of the books. Keep track of similarities and differences. (Compare
and contrast.)
Review -
"James
Mason plays
Professor Oliver Lindenbrook, a scientist hoping to find the world's
core in this 1959 adaptation of the Jules Verne novel. He leads his
unusual party on an expedition to the center of the earth, by way of a
volcano in Iceland. On the way, they encounter enormous mushrooms and
giant prehistoric monsters. You can watch this with your children and
not be bored, and they will surely love it."
* Science Fiction
* Actors: Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker, Thayer David
* Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen,
NTSC
* Language: English, French, Spanish
* Subtitles: English, Spanish
* Number of discs: 1
* Rating: G
* Run Time: 129 minutes
* Cost: $14.98 at Amazon.com
"Excellent.
It was a
real movie, not just a run-of-the-mill documentary. My 13-year-old
daughter and I watched and were enthralled. She may have discovered a
career path in Science or Geology."
"I
bought this DVD
for my Earth Science classes. The students were really captivated and
spellbound by it. It is a great movie and contains much needed
information for the general public about what is going to happen."
Based on the predictions of top volcano experts and the detailed
planning and evacuation strategies of government agencies, this
sobering, factual, yet fictional, drama shapes possible events into a
compelling human experience. Watch as state-of-the-art computer
graphics integrated with mock-factual sources reveal the horrifyingly
realistic build-up to the Yellowstone eruption.
Presented in 16:9 widescreen format.
Format: DVD
Running Time: 1 hour 42 minutes
Cost: Currently on sale for $4.99
Preview clip available.
Notice the Supervolcano link
above that gives the facts behind this movie.
