Volcanoes and Hot Spots: Formation of Hawaiian Islands

by: Paul D. Fullagar and Nancy W. West

Students, in this activity, relate plate movement to trails of volcanoes by modeling a hot spot with hot colored water rising under a floating Styrofoam plate. Questions guide students to connecting their model to Hawaiian volcanoes and the Emperor Seamounts.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 3/15/2011Stock # PB298X1_3a

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Susan German (Hallsville, MO)
Susan German (Hallsville, MO)

Demonstration

The chapter shows a demonstration of how the Hawaiian islands are formed. The model is a bit contrived, but sometimes conceptual models are . I think it would get the point across.

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