Albuquerque Volcanoes field excercise

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This is an exercise from Sarah Wilson who teaches 9th grade geology at Sandia Preparatory School in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

This is a large unit and includes preliminary discussions on volcanology, igneous rocks, plate tectonics, and rift systems. It includes pre-field trip prep, taking field notes, observations, and analysis during the three hours in the field. Post-field trip work involves drawing a cross section of the Rio Grande rift. Students also model eruptions of the volcano flows, followed by core sampling, measurements, and mapping.

Materials

ABQ volcano materials (212 KB Pdf)
Geologic map (2.28 MB Pdf)
Field notes volcano & rift (488 KB Pdf )
Rock detective cover page (1.86 MB Pdf)
Rio Grande rift sample sketch (620 KB Pdf)