Introduction

Welcome Boys and Girls! Are you ready to search out fire spewing mountains? In this webquest you and your group will be transported to an active volcano somewhere along the Pacific Rim. Once there you'll explore all around the volcano to determine its size and what type of volcano it is. You'll also have to discover the volcano's eruption history. At last you'll hypothesize when the volcano will erupt again and decide if you need to warn the local town's people.

Keep in mind this question during your search. How might knowing about a volcano be useful to being living in the area?

Good luck on your journey, and remember to be safe.
 

Your task while you're on your exploration is to document the volcano you're transported to. Your group will be given a volcano from the list below to explore. You'll go to each website listed below your volcano to complete your research. While you're exploring your volcano you'll need to keep track of the information you find. After your trip is over you'll need to create a poster that includes a drawing of the volcano you were sent to and the important information you discovered.

1. First you'll be assigned to a group of explorers. One of you will need to be the expert recorder of the group and will be responsible for either filling out a sheet your teacher provides you or writing down the important details your group discovers on your journey.
2. Your group will also be assigned to explore one of the volcanoes from the list below. To do this, you'll go to each website listed and search for the following details (your teacher may give you this form):
1. The country the volcano is in
2. The elevation of the volcano
3. What type of volcano it is
4. Date of last eruption
   
5. Something special about the volcano
6. What a volcano is
7. Anything else you'd like to note about your volcano
   
3. After you find the answers above, work as a team to create a poster so you can share your findings with your classmates. Your poster should include a drawing of the volcano you studied and numbers 1 through 5 from above. Your teacher may ask you to share your poster and your findings with the rest of the class.

1.  Lascar
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascar_Volcano
2. http://www.volcanolive.com/lascar.html
3. http://library.thinkquest.org/C0112681/Eng/Normal/Volcanoes_World/south_america/chile/lascar.html
4. http://www1.fccj.edu/pacrews/volcanoes2.htm
2.  Mt. Fuji
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt_fuji
2. http://hakone.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/vrc/others/fuji.html
3. http://volcano.asia/fuji.html
4. http://www1.fccj.edu/pacrews/volcanoes2.htm
3. Mt. Merapi
   
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Merapi
2. http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/05/mount_merapi_vo.html
3. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0603-25=
4. http://www1.fccj.edu/pacrews/volcanoes2.htm
4. Mt. St. Helens
   
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens
2. http://www.destination360.com/us/washington/st-helens-summit.htm
3. http://www.volcanolive.com/sthelens.html
4. http://www1.fccj.edu/pacrews/volcanoes2.htm
5.  Rincon de la Vieja
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinc%C3%B3n_de_la_Vieja_Volcano
2. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1405-02=
3. http://www.volcanolive.com/rincon.html
4. http://www1.fccj.edu/pacrews/volcanoes2.htm
6.  White Island
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whakaari/White_Island
2. http://www.volcanolive.com/whiteisland.html
3. http://www.photovolcanica.com/VolcanoInfo/White%20Island/White%20Island.html
4. http://www1.fccj.edu/pacrews/volcanoes2.htm

You'll be graded by your teacher as a group based on your group's performance. The rubric below will be used by your teacher to evaluate your performance. Your teacher may ask you to grade yourselves as well. In order to recieve a top grade each member of your group must work well with all the other members of your group. Your work must also be complete and contain each element listed under Process.

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Information is complete and accurate	Only one or two facts were found.	Three or four facts were found, not all were accurate.	All elements were found, but not all are accurate.	All elements were found and are accurate.
Use of websites listed	No websites were used.	Only one website was used.	Two or three websites were used.	All four websites were used.
Group's informational poster on their volcano	No poster was created.	Poster is created, but lacks important details.	Poster contains many important details, but lacks some elements.	Poster contains all elements including drawing.
Presentation of poster	Group refusing to present poster.	Presentation was disorganized and sloppy. Students rushed through it.	Presentation was organized and all elements were talked about.	Presentation was well organized, covered all elements and all students participated.
Group cooperation	Students did not work in a group. Instead they worked individually.	Students worked in a group, but not cooperatively.	Students worked well together.	Students worked cooperatively as a group and shared ideas well.

Well done Boys and Girls. I hope you enjoyed your journey. You all now know a little about what volcanoes are and a lot about one specific volcano in the Pacific Rim region. You can do research on the Internet and demonstrate your understanding of volcanoes by creating a poster. Could you do it again with a different volcano this time? If you'd like to learn more about volcanoes check out the websites listed below.

http://www.learner.org/interactives/volcanoes/entry.html

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/

http://www.livescience.com/volcanoes/

http://www.travel-images.com/chile8.html

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/japan/mt-fuji.htm

http://newswire99.blogspot.com/2006_05_01_archive.html

http://www.stormcenter.com/media/envirocast/archive/040930/

http://www.costarica-nationalparks.com/rincondelaviejanationalpark.html

http://www.photovolcanica.com/VolcanoInfo/White%20Island/White%20Island.html