Volcano Travel Brochure
An Internet Hotlist on Volcanoes

created by Mrs. Cinco in partnership with Mrs. Marek
Sagamore Middle School


Introduction
 Long ago, people did not know why volcanic eruptions occurred. These people often told stories to explain these natural disasters. For example, in ancient Rome, people believed that Vulcan was the blacksmith of the gods. Blacksmiths use heat to make and repair metal objects. The place where blacksmiths work is called a forge. Vulcan made weapons for Mars, the god of war. The Romans believed that volcanoes were the chimneys of the Vulcan's forge. Hot melted rock and ash flowed out of a volcano when Vulcan made weapons. The word 'volcano' comes from Vulcan's name.

-from Lassieur, Allison. Natural Disaster. Volcanoes. 2001. p.11.

Today we know that these natural disasters are not a product of angry gods. We do know it is important to study volcanoes, and other natural disasters, so we can be prepared should they happen.

Directions:
1. Use the computer, textbooks and resource books to research your volcano (assigned by teacher)

2. Your project should include facts, pictures and descriptive words of the volcano and include the following information:
- Name of the volcano
- Picture of the volcano
- The type of volcano (cinder cone, shield, composite)
- Location
- A brief history of the volcano
- 5 interesting facts about the volcano
- Reasons why, or why not, to travel there

See Rubric for grading details



The Internet Resources
created by Filamentality Content by Mrs. Cinco in partnership with Mrs. Marek, dcinco@sachem.edu
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listvolcanoeci.html
Last revised Fri Jan 20 11:17:59 US/Pacific 2012