These excerpts from the NATURE episode "Violent Hawaii" demonstrate how volcanic islands are formed, and what scientists can discover studying magma, lava and eruptions.
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Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot!: Video Segments: Violent Hawaii
Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot!: Lesson Overview
In this video-enhanced lesson, students will use a combination of multimedia and hands-on activities to learn about different types of volcanoes, why volcanic eruptions happen, and the impact eruptions have on the Earth's landscape. (Grades 9-12)
Breaking it Down: Video Segments: Violent Hawaii
These clips from the NATURE episode "Violent Hawaii" illustrate how erosion has shaped Hawaii's landscape, and show measures being taken there to limit theprocesses of erosion.
Breaking it Down: Lesson Overview
This video-enhanced lesson discusses the processes of weathering and erosion and how they work together to shape the earth's landscape. (Grades 9-12)
Stressed Out!: Video Segments: Can Animals Predict Disaster?
These clips from the NATURE episode "Can Animals Predict Disaster?" examine the tsunami of December 26, 2004, and theorize on how animals' greater sensitivity to seismic waves may have given them a lifesaving warning about the disaster.
Stressed Out!: Lesson Overview
In this video-enhanced lesson, students will identify methods for detecting and locating earthquakes, utilizing excerpts from the NATURE episode "Can Animals Predict Disaster?" (Grades 9-12)
You Can Die Here: Video Segments: Life in Death Valley
Video from NATURE provides students with dramatic examples of the atmospheric and geologic conditions of one of the most extreme desert environments on earth.
You Can Die Here: Lesson Overview
This video-enhanced lesson plan explores how the interactions of air, moisture, wind, and topography in Death Valley, CA contribute to an environment of extremes. (Grades 9-12)




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