USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington

Activities and "Fun Stuff" -
Build A Volcano

"How Do You Build A Volcano ???" is frequently asked by webviewers. The U.S. Geological Survey's Learning Web has a nice paper volcano model to be printed and put together. The U.S. Forest Service's "Volcano World" Website has a nice list of "Building Volcano Models" complete with instructions, photos, suggestions, and comments. There are many commercial kits available too. The USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory does not necessarily endource any of the products, and, other than the USGS paper volcano, the current Webmaster has never built nor has ever seen any of the following model volcanoes and therefore cannot attest to how easy or nice or realistic, etc. they are. But they do look like fun. -- Webmaster, December 2000

Link to: USGS Learning Web - "Make A Paper Volcano" [11/03]
Shows the inside and outside of a stratovolcano and includes a glossary of volcanic features. Available in Web version, Macintosh, Paper Copy, or 3.5 inch diskette. Scroll on down the page until you find "Make Your Own Paper Model of a Volcano".

Link to: Volcano World Website - "Building Volcano Models" [11/03]
Currently has 13 versions of volcanoes you can download and build, including 'Play Dough" volcanoes, cardboard volcanoes, and paper mache volcanoes

Commercially Available Kits

Mosaic Image, Commercially available 'Volcano Kits' found online in December 2000

Use any major search engine and look for "Volcano Kit" or any similar choice of words

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11/07/03, Lyn Topinka

Activities and "Fun Stuff" - Build A Volcano

Activities and "Fun Stuff" -
Build A Volcano