Notes on Madam How and Lady Why: Ch. 3 Volcanoes

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Ch. 3 Volcanoes

My favorite part of this chapter is Kingsley's imaginative description of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. :)

 P. 123-133 in Exploring His Earth is about volcanoes (and earthquakes)

 P. 54-55 is more admonition to people who live near volcanoes and earthquake activity

 Relationships between volcanoes and earthquakes: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/about/faq/faqeq.php

 P. 55 Sandwich Islands: an old name for the Hawaiian Islands

 P. 55 Pele’s Hair: Thin strands of volcanic glass drawn out from molten lava http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/images/pglossary/PeleHair.php

 Story of Kapiolani defying the volcano: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/yonge/deeds/deeds.html#volcano

 Friendly Islands: an old name for the Kingdom of Tonga

 Fortunate Islands: legendary islands believed by the Greeks to be the gateway to Paradise

 P. 56 Use the following map (showing earth’s plates and earthquake/volcano activity) and an atlas to locate regions listed on p. 56, and identify areas of activity in the U.S.: http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2800/

 P. 57-59 Pacific Ring of Fire traced (he begins in the Bay of Bengal, which is outside the Ring, but quickly gets to Java and the Philippines and traces most of the rest of it.

 Map of Ring of Fire: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire.png

 P. 61-66 Excellent description of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79

 Different types of volcanoes and a photo essay of the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helen’s: http://edc2.usgs.gov/pubslists/teachers-packets/volcanoes/poster/poster.php

 P. 68-77 Definitions of cone, crater; and a description of an eruption

 Movie on different types of volcanoes: http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0405/quickflicks/

 Videos of 2010 Icelandic eruption: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mzqG9L2kiM&NR=1&feature=fvwp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1ztg0wUqKY&feature=related

 Volcanoes: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3024/

 National Geographic lesson plan for Gr. 3-5 on earthquakes and volcanoes (plate tectonics): http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/g35/earthquakes.html