Washoe County Library System

Ms. Frizzle's class is having a hard time putting together a giant globe of the world. A piece is missing! Join the class as they learn about volcanoes.

"Kids will burst with excitement as they learn all about the science and wonder of volcanoes in this new National Geographic Kids Reader. The Level 3 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging information for fluent readers. Plus, the book includes 100 fun facts for quick and quirky information on all kinds of volcanoes, all around the world--and even some that are out of this world! The Facts Readers series bridges the gap between short, digestible...

Students get an closeup look at volcanoes and learn the difference between magma and lava. They are shown how a tilt meter is used to predict when a volcano might erupt, and are treated to a virtual visit to Horseshoe Lake at Mammoth Mountain.

On June 2, 2016, a protrusion of rock growing from the Central Park Reservoir is spotted by a jogger. Three weeks later, when it finally stops growing, it's nearly two-and-a-half miles tall, and has been determined to be an active volcano. As the volcano grows and then looms over New York, an eight-year-old boy in Mexico City finds himself transported 500 years into the past, where he witnesses the fall of the Aztec Empire; a Nigerian scholar in Tokyo...

When an "Instant Commuter" transports him to Mount Saint Helens during its eruption, twelve-year-old Warren cannot get himself back to his own home in his own time.

"Meeting with volcanoes around the world, a volcanologist interprets their messages for humankind. In Mountains of Fire, Clive Oppenheimer invites readers to stand with him in the shadow of an active volcano. Whether he is scaling majestic summits, listening to hissing lava at the crater’s edge, or hunting for the far-flung ashes from Earth’s greatest eruptions, Oppenheimer is an ideal guide, offering readers the chance to tag along on the daring,...

Photographs, maps, time lines, and easy-to-follow text describe the events surrounding the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatau.

For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, sightseers, and nearby residents listened anxiously to rumblings in Mount St. Helens, part of the chain of western volcanoes fueled by the 700-mile-long Cascadia fault. Still, no one was prepared when an immense eruption took the top off of the mountain and laid waste to hundreds of square miles of verdant forests in southwestern Washington State. The eruption was one of the largest in human history,...

Katie's class is building model volcanoes, but when most of the ingredients end up on Katie, she blows her top.