Real World: Planetary Volcanoes
Volcanoes play a role in how Earth looks today. Thanks to NASA's missions, we know more about volcanoes in our solar system. Studying volcanoes can teach us about the interior properties of the planets and moons. Learn how the slope equation is used to identify how a volcano was formed.
Background Information
Grades 6 through 8
- American Museum of Natural History Space Volcanoes in 360
- Geology.com Active Volcanoes of Our Solar System
- Lunar and Planetary Institute Shaping the Planets: Volcanism
- NASA Cassini Mission Overview
- NASA Dawn Mission Overview
- NASA Earth Data Sensing Remote Volcanoes
- NASA Galileo Mission Overview
- NASA How Earth Volcanoes Offer a Window Into the Evolution of Life and the Solar System
- NASA New Horizons
- NASA New NASA Radar Looks to Monitor Volcanoes and Earthquakes from Space
- NASA Earth Observatory Volcanoes
- NASA Space Place What is a Volcano?
Activities
Grades 6 through 8
- PBS Learning Media Volcanoes
- My NASA Data Mini Lessons: Volcanic Eruptions
- NASA Solar System Exploration: Io
- NASA JPL Lava Layering: Making and Mapping a Volcano
- NASA JPL Make a Volcano
- NASA Space Place Space Volcano Explorer
Grades 6 through 12
- My NASA Data Lava Layering: Making and Mapping a Volcano