JoinUsing Google Earth to Study the Basic Characteristics of Volcanoes
With the advent of Google Earth and the database of volcanoes supplied by the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program, students can describe almost any volcano on Earth. In this article, the authors guide students to use tools in Google Earth to quantify the characteristics of continuously active volcanoes and synthesize the information to recognize shield volcanoes, strato-volcanoes, cinder cones, and lava domes.