In this Activity you will

• Practice your intranet navigation skills
• Learn some basic facts about volcanoes in New Zealand and the world
• Learn where to find books in the library about volcanoes

Go to the Library

1. Start in the Reference section
   • Look up volcanoes in 2 or 3 different encyclopedias, and just read what they say
2. Go to the library catalogue computer, and type in volcano
   • Find the dewey number where most of these books are located
   • Look at the books available, to see if any of them would be useful to you.
3. Go back and sit down with your team, and dot jot anything you remember, without any books
   • What vocabulary do you need?

 Go on the intranet, to What is a Volcano?

1. Click "What is a volcano?".
   • Name the three different sorts of volcano
   • Which is the more rounded, less steep kind?
2. Click on "Parts of a Volcano". Dot jot the vocabulary you need to learn.
   • What is a crater and where is it located
   • Look at the two diagrams and discuss which is best, and why.
3. Go back to "What happens in eruptions"
   • What has more effect on how explosive an eruption is - water, or silica?

Go on the intranet, to New Zealand Volcanoes

1. Click "Auckland Volcanic Field".
   • What does it tell you about new volcanoes in Auckland?
2. Click on "A small Rotorua eruption". Read it through.
   • What sort of damage did it do?
   • What dangers would there be for people living nearby?
3. Click on "What if Auckland erupted?"
   • What things happened, in what order? Think about when you would want to be making your news broadcast - before the eruption, during the eruption, or the day after. You decide!