Mar. 24, 2010: Supervolcanoes!

The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children found each Wednesday in The Denver Post. This issue of The Mini Page is available through the eEdition Archive to registered eEdition subscribers. Click here to learn about subscribing to the eEdition at no cost to you (for Colorado teachers).

Activities:

1. Make a poster with newspaper words and pictures of things that are big and powerful.

2. Divide a paper into two columns. Put newspaper words for things that help the Earth in one column. Put newspaper words for things that hurt the Earth in the second column.

3. Find three people in the newspaper who could be helpful if a volcano erupted near your city. Explain your choices.

4. How do supervolcanoes cause harm to (a) forests, (b) people, (c) animals and (d) machinery?

5. Use the Internet to research the volcano nearest to where you live. What is the history of the volcano?

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students understand the ideas, principles and practices of citizenship in a democratic republic. (Social Studies: Civics)
  

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)