INSTRUCTIONS FOR
NEWS REPORT ON FAMOUS VOLCANO
-Due Thursday, March 19th
Please begin your report by choosing an active volcano from this
website
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html
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– Your broadcast should include the following: (Worth 50 points)
Begin your report with some background information on your volcano.
 For example:
i. Dates active.
ii. Damage caused so far(statistics are good here).
iii. Did your volcano result in a pyroclastic blast, ash, lava flow or a
mudslide? What was the most damaging result and why?
iv. Along what type(s) of boundary or boundaries does your volcano occur?
v. What type of volcano was it? I.e., shield, composite, cinder-cone.
vi. What do you think was the main composition of the lava? Explain why
you think this is so. This will explain whether your volcano is an
explosive or non-explosive volcano.
vii. Where were the effects of your particular volcano felt? Locally or
around the world? Please explain your answer here as specific as
possible.
viii. Is there any kind of myth or story that people have passed along about
this volcano?
Graph (Worth 10 points)
a. Any seismographic data or charts you can locate on your particular volcano.
Your graph should also include an illustration or cross section of a volcano
labeling all of its parts (vents, fissures, magma chamber, where formation of
magma occurred)You can draw this illustration if you cannot find an
illustration.
Conclusion (Worth 30 points)
a. Discuss multiple methods scientists use for predicting and monitoring future
eruptions for this volcano.
b. What safety precautions are in being put into place?
c. Are any organizations involved or planning to help out?
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FEMA??
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Hospitals?
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National Gaurd?
Works Cited (Worth 10 points)
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html