California Volcanoes: What are the Dangers?

(The picture above of Mt. Shasta is used by permission of the USGS Cascade Volcanic Observatory)

Question

As an employee of the California Department of Geological Survey, you are to answer the question: "Are any of the volcanoes in California in danger of erupting? If they do, what are the possible effects?"

Task

1. Research the question by viewing the links provided below:

2. Write two or three paragraphs summarizing what you found out about the danger of volcanoes to Californians. Use photos from some of the pages.

3. Now create a brochure, PowerPoint, or website to present the dangers of volcanoes to California.

Links

California - Potential Areas of Volcanic Hazards

Factsheet on Volcanoes- Australian government summary of earthquake hazards

FEMA's Volcano page

Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius- Explore different activities to understand the dangers of volcanoes and how vulcanologists deal with them

Volcanoes Online- A thinkquest done by students from three different countries presenting a good overview of volcanoes

Volcanic Hazards- UC Santa Barbara (very technical)

Volcanic Hazards- USGS map for the United States

Volcano World- An educational portal for earthquake information

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