STEM Sparks: Exploring Volcanoes & Protecting Our Planet!

Take your young scientists on an exciting journey to discover how volcanoes form, erupt, and create new land! This animated educational video uses kid-friendly narration, real-world visuals, and scientific accuracy to show how volcanoes work and how scientists use special tools to monitor and predict eruptions to keep people safe. This educational video is ideal for both classroom discussions and home learning.

Standards Alignment (NGSS):

• 2-ESS1-1: Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.

• 2-ESS2-2: Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.

• 4-ESS3-2: Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.

• 3-5-ETS1-2: Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.