Week of November 3

Mount Nyiragongo, Congo, East Africa - World's Fastest Lava!

Scientists climb into the Mount Nyiragongo to obtain a precious lava sample.  They hope the lava sample will help them understand this deadly volcano in order to create better warning systems for future eruptions.

I can...

1.   investigate world distribution of tectonic activity 

2.  explore the relationship between heat from Earth’s core, convection in the magma and plate movement.

3. assess early warning systems for deadly geological events 

Vocabulary:

Ring of Fire, magma/lava,  viscosity, hot spots, island arcs, trenches, rift valley

Volcano locations around the world

Convection Currents and Volcanoes

Links:

Volcano Warning Alert Levels

Why Sample Lava

Nyiragongo Volcano - video - (4 min.)

Nyiragongo: Terror Under the City - video - full length (49 min)

Nyiragongo Interactive