Flipped Classroom Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Have students work in groups of two. Split a piece of paper in two and title each column
volcanoes and earthquakes.
Questions to Guide Students Research
a. What are the scientific definitions for earthquakes and volcanoes?
b. Why do volcanoes erupt and earthquakes occur? (Be ultra-specific)
c. What causes some volcanoes to be more explosive and some earthquakes to be more
destructive?
d. What types of energy cause volcanic and tectonic activity?
e. What are the different types of volcanoes?
f. What is a hotspot volcano?
g. What is the Richter scale?
h. How do scientists try to detect volcanoes and earthquakes in advance?
i. What substances are produced from a volcanic eruption?
j. What is the history of major earthquake and volcanic activity globally and locally?
(Yellowstone and Utah)