Resources This page contains links, ideas, worksheets and videos that introduce some of the things we’ve been doing. Filter Resources Clear Filters Grid List Filter Resources Resource Type Video Article Publication External Link Age Group 12-15 Aged 15+ Aged 5-8 Aged 9-11 All Ages Pre-school Tectonic Plates Caribbean Volcanoes Global Volcanoes Indonesian Volcanoes Video 04/09/21 What makes a volcano explode? In this 3 minute video Bridie explains why trapped gasses are more than just an embarassing bodily function... Explore how the viscosity of magma helps to trap gasses within a volcano, with catastrophic results! Bridie Davies VIEW RESOURCE >> Publication 11/06/20 Lunchtime Lava: Worksheets to try at home This worksheet goes along with our Lunchtime Lava video. In it you will find questions and experiments to help you undetrstand and explore volcanoes and plate tectonics all over the world. Have fun! Jenni Barclay, James Christie, Bridie Davies, Jade Eyles, Jess Johnson, Martin Mangler, Nicola Taylor VIEW RESOURCE >> 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. Jenni Barclay, James Christie, Bridie Davies, Jade Eyles, Jess Johnson, Martin Mangler VIEW RESOURCE >> 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! Jess Johnson VIEW RESOURCE >> Publication 05/06/23 Volcanoes Top Trumps Leaflet – ANSWERS No peeking before you have tried the leaflet! VIEW RESOURCE >> Publication 05/06/23 Crystal Journey worksheet: 3+ & 7+ Follow the crystals as they leave the volcano and journey around the Island of Montserrat. Answer the questions to explore what life was like during the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano that started in 1995. Bridie Davies VIEW RESOURCE >> 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. Jane H. Scarrow VIEW RESOURCE >> Publication 05/06/23 Volcanoes Top Trumps Lockdown Leaflet A downloadable leaflet to use with Volcanoes Top Trumps Bridie Davies, Jade Eyles, Jenni Barclay and Nicola C. Taylor VIEW RESOURCE >> 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. Bridie Davies VIEW RESOURCE >> 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. Bridie Davies, Jade Eyles VIEW RESOURCE >> Publication 05/06/23 UEA Geohazards: Seismometer & eruption experiments Learn how to make your own seismometer, then make your very own volcanic eruption with this activity card. Jess Johnson, Jenni Barclay VIEW RESOURCE >> 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! Bridie Davies VIEW RESOURCE >> Publication 05/06/23 Montserrat: Volcano Island info-card A summary of the disasters that have struck the island of Montserrat. The Disasters passed project unites the sciences & arts to reflect on how disasters shape an Island & its people. Jenni Barclay VIEW RESOURCE >> 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!! VIEW RESOURCE >> 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. VIEW RESOURCE >> Article 05/06/23 Magma viscosity experiment How does silica effect magma viscosity? And how does this control the way the volcano erupts? What happens when water and carbon dioxide join the party? VIEW RESOURCE >> External Link 10/07/15 LondonVolcano In 2015, with researchers from the University of Oxford we created a scale version of Soufriere, St Vincent. VIEW RESOURCE >> External Link 05/06/23 Volcanoes Top Trumps We helped create the fun and educational card game 'Volcanoes Top Trumps' with fellow volcanologists from the Universities of Plymouth and Oxford. VIEW RESOURCE >> 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! VIEW RESOURCE >> Video 04/01/19 Teaser for Our Film about Montserrat This is a short 'teaser' for our new collaborative project with VolFilm. An interviewee from Montserrat captures the stress of a volcanic eruption VIEW RESOURCE >> Video 05/06/23 Video Description of the Alka Seltzer Volcano This describes how to do the experiment, and the basic principles it illustrates VIEW RESOURCE >>
