This page contains links, ideas, worksheets and videos that introduce some of the things we’ve been doing.
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Video
11/06/20
Lunchtime Lava Video: Experiments to try at home
Join in with some lava-licious experiments from Team Volcano. Be a volcano detective, explore the history of volcanic research, make your own edible lava rocks and much more as we investigate all things volcano in this 40 minute video.
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Publication
11/02/20
Ready, Steady, Lava: A tasty experiment to try at home
Follow the recipe to investigate how the amount of gas in a magma and how quickly it cools, creates the structures we see in volcanic rocks. Try at home with a parent and enjoy eating your lava rocks at the end!
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Article
05/06/23
Primary Science project
Primary Science KS2 Year 3 Rocks and Soils – A teaching guide to the book The Street Beneath My Feet. A joint initiative of @uniofeastanglia @UEAenv and @UH_Education. The worksheets including simple experiments that can be done in school or at home.
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Publication
11/01/19
Crystal journey worksheet: 7-9yrs
Designed for the Disasters Passed exhibit for the people of Montserrat this worksheet guides children, parents and teachers through the exhibit. Look for crystals on the panels to find answers to the questions, explore how it feels to live on an erupting volcano, and understand the science behind the eruption.
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Publication
11/01/19
Pack your Pillowcase: Activity instructions
Designed for the people of St Vincent & Montserrat this activity explores how we can be prepared for a volcanic emergency. Put together a kit of items that can be used again & again to get kids enthusiastic about being prepared! After the activity fill out the Emergency Preparedness activity card.
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Publication
05/06/23
Emergency Preparedness: Activity Card
Do you know what to do during a volcanic eruption? Are you prepared for an Earthquake? This activity card helps you prepare an emergency packing kit for both of these natural hazards. Make sure you only tick off the essential items from the list!
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Video
05/06/23
Mountain Aglow: Science festival video
Get a taste of what happened when we took Mountain Aglow to the Norwich Science festival - it's debut before heading to the Island of Montserrat. With music from the Alliouagana singers who performed their Montserratian songs for us live at the festival. Scroll down to watch the video - make sure to turn up the volume!!
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Article
05/06/23
Crystal Journey – Soufriere Blow
A worksheet to help school children on St Vincent engage with the Soufriere Blow exhibit, taken to the island in 2018 as part of the STREVA project. Each question focusses on a different element of the exhibit, helping to guide them through the scientific, historical and cultural moments of the eruptions of 1902 and 1979.
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External Link
05/06/23
Norfolk Firework Volcano
In September 2013 we celebrated UEA's 50th Anniversary by erupting (with fireworks) a scale model of Merapi Volcano in Indonesia. We called it the Norfolk Firework Volcano. This website has blogs with information on volcanoes around the world and some reflections on volcanoes in books, cakes and films!
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