The Level 1 Volcanoes textbook teaches students about volcanoes that explode throwing ash thousands of feet into the atmosphere. Students learn about the Four Types of Volcanoes, Four Types of Eruptions, Pyroclastic Flows, Craters and Calderas, Plate Tectonics and the Hawaiian Islands in this fascinating unit on volcanoes. Fun activities accompany each lesson including making a Miniature Volcano, Concentration, Picture Graph, Volcano Booklet and Pumice Eruption. Materials for each of these activities can usually be found around the home or at a local store.
There are twelve lessons in the Volcanoes textbook. Each lesson contains information on the topic of the lesson, a quiz and an activity. The unit is designed for upper elementary school students. Students who like to work on their own can easily do these units with minimal supervision. The Answer Key to the quizzes is found in the back of the book. This ebook version of Volcanoes does not require the purchase of a set of rocks to complete the lessons and activities in this unit.