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Understanding Earth’s power through volcano models

MEEKER |  Barone Middle School’s sixth graders have been studying volcanoes in science. This group embraced our annual project, and the results were explosive. 

We began our unit by learning about different types of volcanoes and their eruption characteristics, following our unit on earthquakes and plate tectonics. Students were placed in groups and had to create a presentation about their volcano including the location, activity, myths/legends, and eruption history. 

Students then built a model of…