Exploring Earthquakes and Volcanoes on Earth Lesson Plan Alaska

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Exploring Earthquakes and Volcanoes on Earth Lesson Plan Students analyze and interpret different media representations to explain the relationships between volcanoes and earthquakes with this WGBH lesson plan.

Alaska Volcano and Earthquake Case Study Interactive Learn about Mount Redoubt (an active volcano), the 2002 Denali earthquake, and the Alaska Range with this slideshow of images and data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

One Year in the Life of Earth Media Gallery These time-lapse videos help students visualize the spatial scale of liquid, frozen, and gaseous water on Earth.

Drought Affects California’s Water Availability Media Gallery Learn about changes in water availability in California from 2013 to 2017 with this gallery of maps, satellite images, and photographs.

Global Earthquakes and Volcanoes Map Interactive Observe and analyze the locations of earthquakes and volcanoes across the globe with this interactive map, produced by WGBH with NASA media based on data from the USGS’s Earthquake Catalog and the Smithsonian Institution’s Volcanoes of the World Database.

Delta Formation: Atchafalaya Bay Deltas Media Gallery See how deltas have formed at the mouths of the Atchafalaya River and Wax Lake Outlet with video created using NASA satellite images collected over 31 years.

Salt Water and Freshwater Distribution on Earth Media Gallery Learn about the distribution of water on Earth with these NASA and USGS graphics.

Views of Earth Features from Space Interactive Analyze and annotate select features of Earth in photographs taken from space by NASA astronauts with this WGBH resource.

Ruff Ruffman’s Ring of Fire Travel Guide Interactive (Game) Learn about volcanoes in the Ring of Fire and their relationship to earthquakes and mountain ranges with this game featuring PBS Kids character Ruff Ruffman produced by WGBH.

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Hurricane Matthew Causes Weathering and Erosion Media Gallery Observe the visible effects of rapid weathering and erosion caused by Hurricane Matthew in this series of before and after images.

Global Patterns of Mountain Ranges Image Explore the location of mountain ranges and their relationship to the edges of continents and oceans with this global topographic map from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Linking Vegetation Growth to Rainfall Media Gallery Analyze interactions between Earth’s biosphere and hydrosphere with maps and videos based on NASA satellite data for 2015.

North American Rivers and Their Widths Image Observe the varying sizes of rivers in North America, their distribution, and how they are connected in this map of river widths based on data from NASA satellites.

Deep Ocean Volcanoes Video Learn about underwater volcanoes and the discovery of the erupting deep-ocean volcano West Mata with this video from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).