Websites for Kids:
1. Exploring Volcanoes
- This website has all the major volcanoes of the world located on a globe that spins around that all the kids can see. It gives descriptions of different types of volcanoes: stratavolcano, cinder cone, and shield. And it also explains the inside of a volcano and how it was formed in simple terms for kids. There is another part of the website that lets you build your own volcano by setting its viscosity and gas and then you can watch it blow!
2. Volcano Intro
- This website has volcano facts like that there are 500 active volcanoes in the world and it talks about the 1980 eruption of Mt. Saint Helens. This website also talks about the volcano goddess Pele who would cause volcanic eruptions because of her anger.
3. The Earth Inside and Out
- This website is really cool and has different links that the kids can click on to explain more geology topics in greater detail. Some of the links include plate tectonics, earth's crust, lava flows, volcanic peaks, volcanoes and plant life and many others.
4. Information on Volcanoes
- Talks about popular topics about earth and its land formations like how mountains are formed, major mountains around the world, and volcanoes. It also explains what a volcano is and the difference between lava and magma.
5. Mount Etna the Volcano
- Describes Mt. Etna in terms that kids can understand. If there are any big words that are difficult for kids to understand, they can click on them and it will explain what it means. It says that Mt. Etna is the largest active volcano, says how long it has been active, the year that it first erupted, and much other great information.