WiloStar3D's online homeschooling Volcano World will address two key questions:

1. How do volcanoes affect human life?

2.  How do volcanoes form?

The students will do indepth research into a specific volcano and find out how it affected the lives of the people that lived around it. Plate tectonics is introduced.

 

  • The students will identify and compare local rocks.
  • The students will explore volcanoes, volcanic activity, and the effect on the environment.
  • The students will form conclusions about the level of danger to people and property posed by different eruptions.
  • The students will be able to explain the theory of plate tectonics.
  • The students will explore the types of volcanoes.
  • The students will become aware of the dangers of a volcano.

Online homeschooling students create a 3D Volcano world that answers the questions below:

(1) How does science fiction present volcanoes?

(2) What are the layers of the Earth?

(3) How do plate tectonics affect volcanic activity?

(4) What is the historical significance of the eruption of Mount Saint Helens, Mount Pelee, and Mount Pinatubo?

(5) What ate the types of volcanoes?

(6) How are lava types different from one volcano to another?

(7) How can we model volcanoes before and after eruptions?

(8) How are people informed of volcanic eruptions?

(9) What role does persuasive speech play in communicating safety issues surrounding volcanic eruptions?

(10) Why are people concerned about volcanic eruptions?

(11) What effects do volcanoes have on the environment?
 

Assessment

WiloStar3D online homeschool students complete a variety of written assignments and final projects to assess progress. All work is archived in individual student folders at the WiloStar3D site. Final multimedia projects are showcased at the WiloStar3D site and are archived into personal student portfolio CD's at the end of the school year to document progress and student grow.

WiloStar3D teachers provide written daily feedback on all student assignments. Students have password protected learning portals where assignment feedback is stored along with their e-gradebook. Students have access to this area 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

These include:

  • Volcano 3D Virtual World
  • 3D Volcano Eruption Exhibit
  • Journal Writings