Sixth Grade, Monroeville Elementary School, Monroeville, Indiana
Thanks to all the students and their teacher Wade Oliver!!

Mr. Oliver's sixth grade students are learning about the various types of volcanoes and the forces that cause them. As part of our curriculum, we built some simple models of Cinder-cone and Composite Volcanoes. Earlier this year they did some research and wrote a report about the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Many people and animals remained frozen in place from this eruption. This science lesson was a nice follow-up to the research and writing lesson they had done earlier.











The models they made were made from a variety of material. They started with some inexpensive funnels and cut the tops off. This would give them the general shape of the two volcano types were modeling. Students formed a plan given the materials they would have available to construct their models. Modeling Clay, sand, gravel, glue, water, soil, a tin tray, and the funnel, were the used in model construction. Once students groups completed their plans, they went to work.









After their models were complete, they also made diagrams. This provided a nice follow-up to the models, and reinforced the basic parts of the volcano that were studied earlier in the lesson.





Mr. Oliver is happy to share any information he used for this project. You can contact him directly at: woliver 'at' eacs.k12.in.us or send your questions to us at Volcano World and we will pass them along.