Volcanoes - Design Your Own Experiment

Design Your Own Experiment

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These projects are simple models that will familiarize you with some of the important dynamics of a volcano. If you wish to investigate further, research the type, sizes, and places of volcanoes. Or lava flows, properties of lava, or the effects of volcanic ash may interest you.

Check the For More Information section and talk with your science teacher or school or community media specialist to start gathering information on volcano questions that interest you.

Steps in the Scientific Method

To do an original experiment, you need to plan carefully and think things through. Otherwise, you might not be sure what question you are answering, what you are or should be measuring, or what your findings prove or disprove.

Here are the steps in designing an experiment:

  • State the purpose of—and the underlying...

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