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Students learn about the causes, composition and types of volcanoes. They begin with an overview of the Earth’s interior and how volcanoes form. Once students know about how a volcano functions, they learn how engineers predict eruptions. In a class demonstration, students watch and measure a mock volcanic eruption and observe the phases of an eruption, seeing how a volcano gets its shape and provides us with clues to predict a blast.

While volcanoes cannot be prevented, we can do our best to predict them so that human populations near volcanoes can be safely evacuated before an eruption. To predict eruptions, engineers to design and build many different devices to detect subtle changes in a volcano that occur before it erupts. Engineers use their science and math skills to build specialized instruments that can detect gases, changes in the shape of the volcano, as well as monitor earthquakes that may signal a possible eruption. Describe several parts of a volcano.List the three main types of volcanoes. Be able to name at least one famous volcano. Understand that engineers build devices used to predict volcanic eruptions. 15TeachEngineering.orgGeoffrey HillMalinda Schaefer ZarskeDenise W. Carlsonhttp://www.dictionary.comhttp://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html#anchor19309449http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/monitor/contents.htmlhttp://volcanoes.usgs.gov/http://interactive2.er.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/volcanoes.htmS11416DAInternational_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyC. Various relationships exist between technology and other fields of study.35S11425A1ColoradoSciencea. Analyze and interpret data identifying ways Earth's surface is constantly changing through a variety of processes and forces such as plate tectonics, erosion, deposition, solar influences, climate, and human activity 55S11425A2ColoradoScienceb. Develop and communicate an evidence based scientific explanation around one or more factors that change Earth's surface55United StatesCopyright 2012 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulderhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2011-11-235Teacher