Volcano Unit Study
| Resource Type | Title/Author | Comments | Check Out Again? | Rating |
| Book/Library | Volcanoes (A True Book); Sipiera, Paul P. | Good book with lots of information | Y | 5 |
| Book/Library | Volcanoes; Radlauer, Ruth | Quite in-depth, perhaps a bit too much for preschoolers | Y | 3 |
| Book/Library | Earthquakes and Volcanoes (Topics); Lambert, David | In-depth, includes information on tectonic plates and how people can protect themselves from earthquakes and volcanoes | Y | 4 |
| Book/Library | Volcano, The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens; Lauber, Patricia | Nice photographs of the aftermath of the eruption, it may be too "wordy" for some preschoolers, but interesting if only for the photographs | Y | 4 |
| Book/Library | Geysers (A True Book); Brimner, Larry Dale | We use this as a tie-in to the Yellowstone caldera, the Earth's crust, magma, etc. | Y | 4 |
| CD | Journey to the Center of the Earth; Wakeman, Rick | A bit obscure, yes, but it tells a nice version of Verne's story and show how a volcano can be represented using music; we listen to it while playing | 4 | |
| Fieldtrip | "The Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth" touring exhibit | For us, this was more play than learning, but it does have some nice pictures of different kinds of eruptions | 3 | |
| Activity | Make a Volcano Note: I'm still in the process of perfecting this project. For my latest notes email me. | Great fun, messy and time consuming, but worth it | 5 | |
| Website | BrainPop | Nice "movie" on volcanoes with a pretty good quiz for an older preschooler; BrainPop is wonderful, you can watch two "movies" per day without subscribing | 5 |