New Under water oceanic volcano discovered

South East of Samoa, a new spectacular underwater oceanic volcano is currently errupting and showing scientists real "fireworks" under the sea!

NOVA's MegaVolcano

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/megavolcano/

A new program from PBS/NOVA is about scientists tracking down the largest volcanic eruption in the last 100,000 years of earth's history! Check out the link above for teacher materials, program schedules, to watch the program online, podcasts, and additional resources related to volcanoes. Scientists using modern scientific and geographic/mapping technology are discovering details of the TOBA megavolcano and its effect on earth's geologic history.

Online Volcano quiz

Take an Online Volcano Quiz


http://encarta.msn.com/quiz_353/volcanoes_quiz.html?gt1=27004

Volcano lesson Plans:


NGS Xpeditions:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/g35/earthquakes.html

Discovery Education:
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/understanding/
(Lots of support materials and links)

Geology.com:
http://geology.com/teacher/volcano.shtml
links to other volcano activities, websites, and lesson plans.

World's most active volcanoes

Plenty of world news lately about active volcanoes! I found several sites that are very accurate, informative, interactive and providing many topics concerning the world's active volcanoes that could be very useful for teachers and students learning earth building processes:

Volcano Live

Gives links/info to:Breaking News ,World Volcanoes,Live Cams,
Adventure Travel , Film and Television ,Photos ,Volcanology .
http://www.volcanolive.com/active2.html

Space Science and Education Center:Volcano Watch

These satellite images show some of the world's most active volcanoes. Additional volcano information can be obtained from the Michigan Tech Geology Department. The Java animations below contain the last four satellite images. Volcanoes are listed from north to south

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/volcano.html

Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program:

Many resources at this website--types volcanoes, pictures, explanations, locations and interactive mapping

http://www.volcano.si.edu/%22

USGS: Volcanoes of the United States

Background information on U.S. volcanoes

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volcus/ustext.html

Volcanoes:

An educational site with teacher materials, lesson plans!, videos, etc.

http://doe.sd.gov/octa/ddn4learning/themeunits/Volcanoes/famous.htm

Alaska Volcanoe Observatory:

live video footage of Mt. Redoubt, etc.

http://www.avo.alaska.edu/news.php?item=72