Watching Tephra Form (Grades 4-6)

Several videos include footage of the processes that form tephra.
Useful Videos: Eruption at the sea, 1988, 30 minutes: Kaio Productions, P.O. Box 909, Volcano, HI 96785, (808) 967-7166.

Eruption update, 1994, 30 minutes: Kaio Productions, P.O. Box 909, Volcano, HI 96785, (808) 967-7166.

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, 1987, 9.5 minutes: National Park Service. Available on loan from U.S. Geological Survey Special Collections, MS955, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (415) 329-5009.

Heartbeat of a volcano, 1987, 20 minutes: Britannica Films, 310 South Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60604, (800) 621-3900.

Inside Hawaiian volcanoes, 1989, 25 minutes: Smithsonian Institution, Richard S. Fiske, Dept. of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560. Available on loan from U.S. Geological Survey Special Collections, MS955, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (415) 329-5009.

Kilauea - close up of an active volcano, 1990, 30 minutes: Kaio Productions, P.O. Box 909, Volcano, HI 96785, (808) 967-7166.

Rivers of fire, 1984, 23 minutes: The 1984 eruptions of Mauna Loa and Kilauea. Available on loan from U.S. Geological Survey Special Collections, MS955, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (415) 329-5009.

The eruption of Kilauea Volcano, 1959-1960, 1961, 27 minutes: U.S. Geological Survey. Available on loan from U.S. Geological Survey Special Collections, MS955, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (415) 329-5009.

The volcanoes of Hawaii, 1988, 30 minutes: Norman Berger Productions, 3217 S. Arville St., Las Vegas, NV 89102-7612, (702) 876-2328 or Glenn Ege, 1313 Kaluaua Ave., Honolulu, HI 96826.

Understanding volcanic hazards,1991, 30 minutes: Sponsored by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior. Contact Dr. C. G. Newhall. USGS MS 905, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 22092, (703) 648-6709 on availability.

Volcano: The birth of a mountain, 1976, 10 minutes: Britannica Films, 310 South Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60604, (800) 621-3900.

Volcanoscapes, 1988, 45 minutes: Tropical Visions Video, 62 Hualalai Place, Hilo, HI 96720, (808) 935-5557.


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