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Virtual Field Trip: Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park

• Jessie Scott
• May 8, 2020

Hawai’i Volcanoes Virtual Tour

I have wanted to travel to Hawaii for as long as I can remember. I still haven’t made it all the way out to those beautiful islands, but this virtual tour of the Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is helping me explore the world from my couch! Join me on this tour led by Park Ranger Andrea Kaawaloa-Okita to learn more about the fire goddess, Pele-honua-mea, and the geological processes that are expanding Hawaiʻi ( National Park Service ).

Hawaii is an archipelago, or a group of islands, located over the Hawaiian hotspot, which is a magma source from deep under the crust beneath the Pacific Ocean ( National Park Service ). As the tectonic plate under the Pacific Ocean moves northwest, the hotspot under Hawai’i remains in one spot, continuously releasing magma and making new land, causing the Hawaiian archipelago to expand. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park includes two active volcanoes, Kīlauea and Mauna Loa ( National Park Service ). On this tour you will get to see inside a lava tube, witness what happens when flowing lava meets the sea, fly over an active volcano, and see how life slowly transforms the new land formed from volcanic eruptions.

(Figure demonstrating the formation of the Hawaiian islands from the Hawaiian hotspot. Image Source: Robinson, USGS )

Step inside a lava tube on this virtual tour! Lava tubes form as molten lava flows from a volcanic eruption. As the lava flows, the slower moving lava on the surface of the flow hardens, forming a layer of solid rock, which insulates the molten lava below. This causes the molten lava under the rock to become superheated, and to start carving into the stone beneath it in a process called thermal erosion. As the eruption ends, the lava eventually flows out of the lava tube, leaving behind an open cave that you can walk through if you visit Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park! For more information and illustrations of this process, follow this link to the National Park Service website.

Kīlauea Crater

At the crater, you can take a flight over Kīlauea, listen to the deep rumblings that a volcano makes, and witness the 1959 eruption! Explore the damage that lava can cause and the new plant growth that colonizes and covers the fresh rock.

I hope you enjoyed virtually visiting this incredible National Park as much as I did! It is pretty neat to see so much lava from the safety of my couch.

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If you would like to learn more about Hawaii and see some beautiful pictures of sites that are outside of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, check out Atlas Obscura ! Here you can find beautiful images of and information about the Kalalau Trail, fascinating black and green sand beaches, as well as cultural and historic sites located on the Hawaiian islands!

SciShow Kids did an episode about volcanoes – this is a great resource for younger kids.

For more information about volcanoes and science activities to try, check out the free Educator’s Guide produced by SK Films!

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Jessie Scott is a STEM Educator who enjoys encouraging students’ enthusiasm for science. She teaches classes to students visiting the Science Center and brings STEM lessons to schools across Connecticut. Jessie completed her Master of Science degree in Microbiology at Dartmouth College and worked as a science educator at the Montshire Museum of Science before coming to the Connecticut Science Center. Her scientific interests are: biology – how living things have adapted different strategies to survive in their environments, insects, and plants. In her free time, Jessie likes to go rock climbing, hiking, and skiing.

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This Virtual Tour of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Will Make You Feel Like You're on an Epic Island Hike

You deserve a virtual trip to Hawaii.

While you may not be able to hop on a plane to Hawaii right now you can still pay the islands a visit right from your couch.

The National Parks Service did us all a favor a few years ago by recording several truly stunning virtual experiences in spaces across the nation . The tours, each guided by an expert ranger, bring people inside and through some of America’s most treasured and unique places. And that includes this intimate tour of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park .

“Explore the land shaped by the world’s most active volcano,” the narrator begins, before introducing park ranger Andrea Kaawaloa-Okita, who grew up just down the street from the park.

“Compared to the rest of the planet, Hawaii is very young,” Kaawaloa-Okita says. “It’s constantly changing and still growing.”

Upon starting the virtual tour, guests are transported to the park’s entrance, where Kaawaloa-Okita explains its “vibrant ecosystem” that comes with many native plants, birds, insects, “many of which can’t be found anywhere else in the world.”

Then, virtual visitors can enter right into the volcano’s incredible lava tubes.

Kaawaloa-Okita explains inside, that “lava tubes are like the veins of a volcano, transporting lava from the heart of an eruption.”

She adds, “what does lava do when it runs out of land? It starts becoming it.”

Visitors can then use their mouse to explore the gorgeous cave structure, simply clicking around to see it all as if they were right there with Kaawaloa-Okita.

From the caves, visitors head out to the coastal cliffs, where Kaawaloa-Okita explains, “over 500 new acres of land has been added to the island in the last 30 years alone.” She adds, “With new land comes new life,” explaining birds have already begun to nest in the cliffs, laying their eggs and raising their young right there.

Finally, the tour heads to a spectacular area to view the park’s active volcano. But, we don’t want to give it all away, so you’ll have to just go take the tour for yourself and feel what it’s like to stand next to Mother Nature’s newest creations.

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Investigate the most active volcano in the Cascade in a live, interactive, and thought-provoking virtual field trip! Whether to supplement your visit the mountain in person, or if an in-person visit is not feasible, our virtual field trips offer a unique opportunity to explore the volcanic landscape of Mount St. Helens in an interactive 360-degree virtual environment! 

Mount St. Helens Institute virtual field trips align with Next Generation Science Standards, are directed by student observations and come with ready-to-use lessons plans for before and after your live guided session. Our virtual field trip package combines synchronous and asynchronous segments for an immersive learning experience.

Virtual field trips are designed for classes, youth groups, scout troops and other groups. If you have a custom need, please contact our education team at [email protected] .

Live Field Trip Duration: 1 hour

Offered Seasonally: January - March

Suitable for : Students grades 4-8, youth groups, scout troops and other groups

Cost:  $125 per group, up to 30 participants.  Financial assistance is available for qualifying groups.

Virtual Field Trip Package includes:

• A pre-field trip lesson complete with a lesson plan, pre-recorded videos, and an activity;
• A 3-part virtual field trip in a 360-degree virtual environment that students can explore asynchronously;
• A copy of student or participant responses from the 360-degree virtual environment that can be used for assessment and a record of participation;
• A LIVE session in the 360-degree virtual environment led by one of our expert and inspired educators;
• A post-field trip lesson that builds on what students saw and thought about during the field trip; and
• Access to the virtual field trip environment for the remainder of the school semester (fall and spring sessions).

What will my students be doing BEFORE the live session?

Our pre-field trip activity includes pre-recorded videos about the 1980 eruption and a follow-up activity to review the events of the 1980 eruption. OPTIONAL: We provide links to the 360 virtual field trip space for students to explore field sites around Mount St. Helens in advance of the live session. This allows students time to explore the virtual field trip space at their own pace.

What will my students be doing DURING the live session?

A Mount St. Helens Institute educator will lead your students on a tour of various field sites around Mount St. Helens in the virtual 360 environment.  This session is hosted on a video conferencing platform of your choice.  At each field site, students will be asked to make observations, draw, and explore photos, video, and other media that provide evidence to learn about processes that shape the site. 

Our field trips are designed to minimize lecture time and to maximize time for students to make observations, practice scientific thinking, and engage in group conversations.   Our educators will be the “guide on the side” as  your group visits each site together, shares what they notice and what they think about it.  There will be time for Q&A.  

Our educator will lead a slightly different program depending on whether students have or have not explored the virtual field trip space in advance of the live session.

Our 360 virtual field trip space is built from 360-degree photos and videos that allow students to explore in all directions.

Our 360 virtual field trip space includes embedded forms for students to record their observations and ideas. Student responses are recorded in Google Sheets and shared with teachers as a tool for participation and assessment.

Our 360 virtual field trip space includes clickable icons that pop up with photos and videos to provide evidence and support student sense-making at their site.

What will my students be doing AFTER the live session?

We provide links for students to explore the virtual 360 space on their own after the live session, as well as links for post-field trip activities.  Post-field trip activities ask students to reflect on what they learned and apply lessons from Mount St. Helens to other landscapes. 

Can I view the virtual field trip after the live program?

Yes. Our virtual field trip package provides links for you and your students to access the virtual 360 environment before and after your live program. These links will remain available for the remainder of your school semester.

What if a student of mine does not have internet access?

It is possible to access the 360 virtual environment offline. We can provide a copy of the virtual field trip as an executable file that works on Windows or Mac.

What if all of my instruction is asynchronous?

Please email [email protected] to discuss the best solution to replace the live session.  This could include a 1-on-1 session with the teacher or providing some written responses to student questions.

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Virtual Field Trip to Mt. Vesuvius

Katherine A Kelley, University of Rhode Island

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This is a virtual field trip to Italy's Mt. Vesuvius, which explores the 79AD eruption of the volcano. Students explore the excavated cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as the different types of volcanic deposits found to have buried those cities. Students use their observations to develop hypotheses about past and future volcanic hazards associated with the volcano.

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Grade level, readiness for online use.

This exercise is designed for an introductory-level geoscience class, and at URI it was developed to serve non-majors in a 100-level introductory course in volcanology.

Skills and concepts that students must have mastered

Students should have a general introduction to explosive volcanic eruptions and their hazards before doing this exercise.

How the activity is situated in the course

This activity is assigned as a homework exercise to synthesize a week-long course unit in explosive volcanic hazards, but can work as a stand-alone exercise.

Activity Length

Students are expected to take ~2 hours to work through the website and complete the field book activities.

Content/concepts goals for this activity

The conceptual objectives for the module are: - View examples of explosive volcanism and examine the effects of the eruptions on the surrounding environment - Learn how volcanologists study the products of explosive volcanism

Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity

The skills goals for the module are: - Explore the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and collect field data from the excavations - Construct hypotheses about what happened to the cities during the eruption

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Description and teaching materials.

The module is a stand-alone website, accessed at the following URL: https://volcano.uri.edu/

Everything needed to complete the exercise is included within the site itself. Students download a blank field notebook from the site, and complete it as they follow along with the navigation through the web pages.

The grading guide for the exercise is provided upon request to Katie Kelley.

Technology Needs

Students will need a computer with Internet access. Students are recommended to use a real computer, rather than a mobile device, to do this exercise.

Teaching Notes and Tips

This is a stand-alone, self-guided activity, and most students complete it independently without trouble. The PDF field notebook that students complete is a fillable form, so it can be typed in. I have found that Chrome web browsers will let students view and type in the PDF without saving it to their computer, but will not allow it to be saved or printed with the typing preserved. It is important to emphasize to students that the PDF should be saved first to their computer, or printed out in hard copy, before completing it.

Assessment is done by comparing the student responses to each field book task to expected responses (e.g., as outlined in the Instructor's Guide).

References and Resources

This URL is the website for the exercise: https://volcano.uri.edu/

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Virtual Field Trip #1: Death Valley National Park

Image 1: Death Valley: Take a stroll through one of the lowest peices of land in the Western Hemisphere (282 feet below sea level), a place that, strangely enough, also happens to be adjacent to the highest point of land in the lower 48 states of the U.S., the 14, 494 ft. mountain peak of Mt. Whitney.

Image 2: Zabriskie Point, in midwinter. The soft sediments at Zabriskie Point were deposited in an old lake, and are being eroded into the beautiful features seen here. The snow-covered peaks in the background tower two miles above the valley floor. (Photo by Penn State graduate, now University of New Mexico professor, Peter Fawcett.)

Image 3: Badwater in midwinter. Peter Fawcett, noted Penn State alumnus and University of New Mexico professor, at 282 feet below sea level. The little bit of water from a midwinter storm will evaporate quickly.

Image 4: Salt flats in midwinter, Death Valley. Water, such as seen in the previous picture, carries dissolved minerals (ask a plumber who has tried to remove a faucet in a house with hard water if you don't believe this!). When the water evaporates, the salt is left. Photo by Peter Fawcett.

Image 5: 20-mule team. The salts deposited in Death Valley included valuable materials such as borax, containing boron dissolved from volcanic and other rocks around the valley. The salts were mined, and the borax hauled out by 20-mule teams. This is a picture from a reenactment of the mule teams, years after the mining ceased. Photo by Ed Derobertis of the National Park Service.

Image 6: Probably the most familiar of the many uses of borax is in laundry detergents. Before he was president of the United States, actor Ronald Reagan advertised a laundry detergent containing borax, as shown in this photo from the National Park Service archives.

Image 7: Another salt flat is shown here. Behind the salt flat, at the foot of the mountains, is an alluvial fan, a pile of gravel brought down into the valley from the mountains by streams that run for a short while after rainstorms. The vertical distance between the lowest point and highest point on the fan is greater than the vertical distance from Spring Creek to the top of Mt. Nittany near Penn Stateas University Park Campus--the fan is taller than most eastern mountains! The scale of things in Death Valley is immense, and very difficult to comprehend. Photo by Peter Fawcett.

Image 8: Again, putting Penn State’s Mt. Nittany, or many other eastern mountains, into this picture wouldn’t change it much - they would reach only part of the way from the salt flat at the bottom (shown by the orange arrow) up the fan (the top of the fan is shown by the yellow arrow), far shorter than the peaks in the picture. Photo by Peter Fawcett

Image 9: During the ice age, more rain fell in Death Valley because storm tracks had moved, and less water evaporated because temperatures were lower than today. A huge lake filled Death Valley then. In this rather fuzzy slide downloaded from the USGS-National Park Service web site, the horizontal lines (the ends of one are shown by the blue arrows) are old beaches from that lake. The photo of Shoreline Butte is by Marli Miller.

Image 10: Some of the gravels washed into the valley by streams are shown in this photo by Peter Fawcett.

Image 11: Deserts are not dominated by dunes in many places, but dunes do occur. The streams flowing into Death Valley carry salts, big rocks, but also sand. If the sand is piled by wind, beautiful forms may result, such as these. Photo by Paul Stone, United States Geologic Survey

Image 12: The enigmatic Devil's Racetrack. The stones rather clearly have moved across the surface of the salt flat. Strong winds during wet times are probably involved. Perhaps a thin water layer forms in a winter storm, freezes on top on a cold night, and then the wind drags the ice carrying the rocks. Photo by Marli Miller, from the Death Valley National Park web site.

Image 13: Death Valley was dropped along faults (or the mountains were raised, or both). The Hanaupah Fault (between the blue arrows) cuts the toe of an alluvial fan coming down from Telescope Peak, shown in this photo by Marli Miller from the Death Valley National Park web site.

Image 14: A closer view of The Hanaupah Fault (between the blue arrows) as seen in the previous picture, with labels showing which side of the fault was raised (“UP”) and lowered (“DOWN”). Photo by Marli Miller, from the Death Valley National Park web site.

Image 15: Hot rocks occur at shallow depth under Death Valley, and break through occasionally in volcanoes, usually coming up along faults; farther to the south, stronger volcanism has made the sea floor of the Gulf of California. In Death Valley, the eruptions are not especially strong, but they have made craters, such as those in the Ubehebe volcanic field, shown in these photos.

Image 16: Sometimes, volcanoes make small cinder cones, composed of little rocks and hardened blobs of lava thrown through the air. And, sometimes faults move rocks horizontally, as shown here (upper left without lines, and lower right with fault shown by dashed line and motion by arrows) for Split Cinder Cone in Death Valley. Most of the faulting in Death Valley is related to the dropping of the Valley and raising of the mountains, but horizontal motions such as this do occur occasionally.

Virtual Field Trip #2: West Yellowstone, Earthquake Lake

Image 1: Earthquakes! Take a quick virtual tour with Dr. Alley through the U.S. Forest Service Madison River Canyon Earthquake Area. (last picture is in Yellowstone National Park)

Image 2: On the night of August 17, 1959, at 11:37 PM, a large (magnitude 7.5) earthquake struck just northwest of Yellowstone, near Hebgen Lake in the Madison River Canyon of Montana. Land on the west side of the Cabin Creek Fault moved down about 21 feet (almost 7 m) relative to land on the east in a sudden drop that shook the surroundings, forming the Cabin Creek Scarp, shown here. (A scarp or escarpment is a steep ramp connecting places that are more nearly horizontal; think of a wheelchair ramp between sidewalks down here and up there.)

Image 3: The shaking caused a massive landslide from the south side of the Madison River Canyon. An estimated 80 to 90 million tons of rock and debris thundered into the canyon, forming a layer estimated at 400 feet (120 m) thick in the bottom of the canyon and bouncing another 400 feet up the north wall. The scar left when the rocks fell is shown here. 26 people died in this vicinity, most in a campground that was buried under the landslide debris. (Two more were killed by a falling boulder elsewhere.)

Image 4: This closer view of the scar from the landslide shows large trees next to the slide and growing in the scar, emphasizing the immense size of the slide.

Image 5: Huge boulders were carried across the valley and up the other side. The rapidly moving mass of rock blasted air and river water in front of it; some survivors reported having their clothes ripped off by the force of the blast.

Image 6: Another shot of the immense boulders carried across the valley by the rapidly moving mass of rock.

Image 7: The landslide dammed the Madison River, and the trapped water rose to form Earthquake Lake, drowning many trees that still are visible, as seen here. Quick work by the US Army Corps of Engineers stabilized and lowered the new dam. Landslide-dammed lakes often overtop their dams, cut down through the loose debris, and release a devastating flood; this was avoided by the quick government response.

Image 8: Hebgen Lake was a reservoir a little upstream of the new Earthquake Lake. On the night of the earthquake, Hebgen Lake’s dam cracked and water washed over, but the dam did not fail. The land under the lake tilted, raising one side and lowering the other. One person ran safely from her house as the lake rose and the house and land slipped into the waters. Huge waves sloshed back and forth in the lake after the quake. Houses knocked down and flooded by the tilting and waves are still visible, as seen here.

Image 9: The quake caused many changes in Yellowstone, stopping some geysers, starting others, and changing the patterns of still others. Many tourists fled in panic, small landslides and rockfalls were triggered, dishes fell off walls in houses, etc., but no one was seriously injured in the park. Earthquakes such as this probably have occurred many times over the geologic history of Yellowstone, although this was the largest experienced in Yellowstone since modern instruments were installed to provide measurements. Monument Geyser, in the Upper Geyser Basin, is shown here; this one was not affected more than most, but it's pretty.

Virtual Field Trip #3: Alaska & San Francisco

Image 1: More Earthquakes! Visit Alaska & San Francisco to get a glimpse into the effects of major earthquakes. Photos courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey

Image 2: Alaska Earthquake, March 27, 1964. The geologist on the left stands in front of the Hanning Bay fault scarp on Montague Island. During the earthquake, the scarp formed when the rocks on the right dropped suddenly relative to the rocks on the left--the scarp is 12 feet high beside the geologist, and 14 feet high near the trees in the background.

Image 3: Alaska Earthquake, March 27, 1964. The Four Seasons Apartments in Anchorage was a six-story lift-slab reinforced concrete building, which cracked to the ground during the earthquake. The building was under construction, but structurally completed, at the time of the earthquake.

Image 4: Alaska Earthquake, March 27, 1964. The shaking caused some land to slide toward the ocean. Everything in the lower-left corner of the picture moved about 11 feet farther to the lower left in the direction shown by the magenta arrow, toward the ocean bluffs that are just out of the picture in that direction. The strip of land between the yellow arrows dropped by 7 to 10 feet, as indicated by those arrows. Notice that several houses were left hanging over the void, to be destroyed later. The collapsed apartment building from the previous slide is visible at the top of this picture (blue arrow).

Image 5: Alaska Earthquake, March 27, 1964. The shaking caused the banks on both sides of the river to landslide toward the water carrying the rails along, as shown by the blue arrows at the bottom. This in turn caused the rails to bend, and also buckled up the center of the bridge, as shown here. This is near the head of Turnagain Arm, not far from Anchorage.

Image 6: Alaska Earthquake, March 27, 1964. The Denali Theater was built on a block that dropped as the shaking of the earthquake moved land toward the sea, but Fourth Avenue was just beyond that moving block and did not drop. The marquee is now at eye-level.

Image 7: Alaska Earthquake, March 27, 1964. This was the Government Hill Elementary School in Anchorage. It was not designed as a split-level.

Image 8: Alaska Earthquake, March 27, 1964. Bridges and buildings are usually designed so that they don’t fall down. An earthquake moves the ground horizontally as well as vertically, so buildings and bridges often fail by falling sideways, as happened to the “Million Dollar” railroad bridge over the Copper River.

Image 9: Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake, October 17, 1989. The Bay Bridge between San Francisco and Oakland failed during the earthquake, with the upper deck falling onto the lower deck of the double-decker bridge, killing one person.

Image 10: Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake, October 17, 1989. The shaking of the earthquake caused landsliding and other land motion, destroying this driveway in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Image 11: Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake, October 17, 1989. The shaking knocked this section of Highway 1 near Watsonville off its bridge supports, which poked through the road bed.

Image 12: Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake, October 17, 1989. The shaking of the earthquake caused collapse of the Cypress Viaduct of Interstate 880 in Oakland. 40 of the 67 fatalities caused directly by the earthquake happened here, primarily to drivers on the lower deck who were crushed by falling of the upper deck.

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Step into the awe-inspiring world of volcanoes with this  Volcanoes Virtual Field Trip , a captivating educational resource that transports students to the iconic Mount Saint Helens. Through this activity, students delve into the aftermath of the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, exploring its impact on the landscape and surrounding communities.

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As they journey through the volcanic terrain, students engage with important vocabulary terms and concepts, guided by the comprehensive “Volcanoes 101” pamphlet included in the resource. Upon their return, students embark on a “Volcanoes in the News” activity, applying their newfound knowledge to current events and real-world scenarios.

Tailored for middle and high school students, the  Volcanoes Virtual Field Trip  is an invaluable addition to any earth science curriculum. It offers a dynamic and immersive learning experience, allowing students to explore the geologic forces that shape our planet while developing critical thinking and analytical skills.

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Virtual Field Trip to a Volcano!

✈️ Take a field trip to a Volcano without leaving the classroom! In this Virtual Field Trip to a Volcano, students will travel across Earth’s continents and oceans to explore several famous volcanoes! Students will learn about how volcanoes form, learn about volcanoes around the world like Mt. Vesuvius and Mt. Loa, and explore the different types and shapes of volcanoes. This field trip to a volcano packs a lot into a fun ~45 minute activity. This volcano virtual field trip in Google Slides & Seesaw contains video links, images, reading passages, exercises, writing activities, and more.

✈️ This virtual field trip integrates a variety of science, social studies, and reading skills. Your emerging volcanologists will complete reading and writing assignments along with watching videos and completing thought-provoking exercises as they learn – no fire suit or heat shields required. This virtual field trip incorporates key reading comprehension, writing, multimedia, social studies, and other skills.

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ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions

• Maps show where things are located. One can map the shapes and kinds of land and water in any area. (2-ESS2-2)

*Please note: This resource includes links to YouTube videos, so ensure you and your students have access to YouTube before purchasing. Although great care has been taken to ensure all content is appropriate for the stated grade levels, each classroom is unique and it is recommended that teachers review all content prior to use. I recommend embedding the videos to avoid ads and other YouTube page content that some users may find inappropriate. Instructions for embedding the videos are included and it should only take a few minutes. Also , keep in mind that any links to third-party content may be changed or removed by the content owner. All links are reviewed & updated regularly; however, if you find a broken link, please let me know so I can update the resource accordingly.

✏️ Google Slides & Seesaw Formats – These interactive formats are perfect for classroom and distance learning. Slides are interactive and can be used as a fun and engaging exercise within the classroom or remotely.

✏️ Engaging Interactive Maps & Virtual Video Tours – Interactive maps & virtual video tours take students inside the action.

✏️ Reading Comprehension – Integrates key reading skills like compare & contrast, multimedia, multiple sources, and more.

✏️ Writing, Social Studies, & Science – This virtual field trip helps students understand more about the world around them and uses writing prompts to explore their reactions and ideas.

How to Use a Virtual Field Trip:

This Virtual Field Trip to a Volcano is the perfect activity for:

⭐️ Fun Fridays

⭐️ End of Science Unit

⭐️ Whole Class

⭐️ Small Groups

⭐️ Enrichment

There are so many ways to use these engaging and meaningful activities in your classroom. If you’re looking for more ways to explore learning with Virtual Field Trips you can LEARN MORE here.

What’s Included?

This resource includes a volcano themed virtual field trip activity in both Google Slides & Seesaw formats.

Table of Contents:

• What is a Volcano?
• How Do Volcanoes Form?
• Volcanoes Around the World
• Mauna Loa Video
• Mauna Loa Activity
• Underwater Volcanoes
• Mount Saint Helens Video
• Mount Saint Helens Activity
• Types of Volcanoes
• Mount Vesuvius Reading
• Mount Vesuvius Activity
• Volcano Shapes
• Mount Fuji Video
• Mount Fuji Activity
• Celebrating Mount Fuji
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Answer Key Included

This resource is suitable for the following grade levels:

• 2nd & 3rd Grade: With teacher modeling, whole class, or small groups.
• 4th & 5th Grade: Independent for on-level students.

Time to Complete:

This virtual field trip takes approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour to complete. The time it takes to complete can vary based on your students. It can be completed in one session or broken up into multiple sessions.

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Moscow City Center, Kremlin

The treasury of our Moscow panoramas is gradually increasing.

We have already been shooting aerial panoramas for 6 years. During this period of time we shot many interesting cities of the world: New York, Amsterdam, Kuala Lumpur, Sidney, Miami, Las Vegas, Rio de Janeiro, Dubai, Los Angeles and many others. However, we didn't succeed in shooting Moscow, the city we live in, though we did our best. The case is the flights over Moscow are forbidden except those of Russian Federation Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Response and Russian police. Taking in consideration these administrative restrictions we applied our creativity and resolved this problem by the following:

1) We made a virtual tour over Moscow Encircling Highway :  MEH and Interchanges

2) Yauza, Ramenki, Southern Port

3) In May 2010 near the Crocus-City the first in the world 1 gig pixel panorama was shot from the helicopter. It shows the Kremlin, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Novodevichiy Convent, the TV Tower of Ostankino and many other places of interest.

4) This sphere shot from the height of 1000 m which shows most part of Moscow and regions.

5) Last spring we have shot the panorama of Novodevichiy Convent

6) We have done a virtual tour over Moscow State University

7) Earlier this year we have done a fabulous panoramas of Moscow City business center

8) One of Moscow City panoramas has been converted into stereo format

9) We have created a  giga pixel panorama of the center of Moscow

Also it is worth to view one of the photos by Sergey Semenov devoted to the rehearsal of the Victory Parade of May 9. 

It had success on the exhibition  World Seen by the Russians  held in Moscow, on Tverskoy Boulevard in May-June 2011.

And now we would like to introduce a virtual tour around Moscow Kremlin.

Photo by  Sergey Semenov ,  Dmitry Chistoprudov  and  Stas Sedov

18 October 2010

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Virtual Travels in 360°

Bellísimo !!!! Gracias por tener más información de mi entrañable Rusia por ser descendiente allí nació mi abuela y no pierdo las esperanzas de ir es maravilloso !!!!!!!

Marta Markmann, Argentina

What a wonderful picturisation! A feast to the eyes and ears.

AVR Rao, India

Excellent job. God bless Russian people.

Simon Avshalum, USA

Muchachos sois unos verdaderos artistas, exactamente un dia como hoy del año pasado (2012) tuve la fortuna de visitar Moscu y Petrogrado, vivo en Mejico, pero soy Madrileño, un fuerte abrazo

Juan Antonio Garcia, Spain

"its awesome i want to visit there once in my life time"

Mani Shanker, India

Thank you, Mani! I think you'll like Moscow if you'll visit it!

Varvara, AirPano

Je to zázrak čo ste dokázali. Neuveriteľné. Škoda, že naše Slovensko je v porovnaní so svetom zanedbané koministi sa držali pri zemi, nič nedokázali postaviť . Chcela by som ešte navštíviť Ameriku.

Angela Pelachová, Slovakia

Magnifique travail !!!!!! Quel bonheur intense d avoir la possibilité de voir la planète depuis son petit coin de pays.... Merci. Danielle Croset .Suisse.

Danielle Croset, Switzerland

Qué belleza, poder viajar a Moscu... y desde aqui de El Salvador..... Muchas gracias por compartir estos videos....

Cristina Amaya, El Salvador

Good job it's realy wonderfull.....a lot of thank for you....

pratik panchal, India

bellisimo moscu y su escultural plza roja patrimonio de la humanidad felicidades

sergiedv cevadxa, Mexico

your site has good Images but feed showing is low an yway thats good

shema gh, Iran

beautiful city

mohamed eleish, Egypt

Welcome to take photo in Chian!Haha

yi xin, China

Gr8 Work! Just 1 suggestion... Keep doing it!!!!

Mandar Vaidya, India

Many thanks, Mandar! We will!

Precrasnaia Maskva, precrastanaia Rusia. Spasiva !

PASCU IOAN, Romania

★☆☆☆☆

ahmad peko, Iraq

thank, por transportarme en sus maravillosas fotos. puedo decir conozco a moscu sin pasaporte!

jorge humberto gomez, Colombia

it is perfect.

delnia khezraqa, Iran

Sensacional!!!!!!

Paulo Rattes, Brazil

Wonderfull. so beautiful. A lot of tank for you. You are the best¡¡¡¡¡congratulation¡¡¡¡¡

Daniel garcia rusca, Argentina