Volcano Education Resources — HVERI

Volcano Education Resources

Curated for Hawaiʻi Island residents & students.

DIY STEAM Projects

DIY Baking Soda Volcano

DIY Baking Soda Volcano

DIY shield volcano

DIY shield volcano

DIY Lava lamps w/gas

DIY Lava lamps w/gas

DIY Lava lamps

DIY Wax eruption

DIY Wax eruption

DIY Angle of repose

DIY Angle of repose

DIY Core sampling

DIY Core sampling

DIY Layers of the earth

DIY Layers of the earth

STEAM Demonstrations

Wax eruption demo

Wax lava flow demo

Caldera collapse demo

Volcano deformation demo

Deformation Augmented Reality

Viscosity demo

Tsunami Early Warning demo

Trash-cano 2010, CSAV

Hazards & Preparedness

Click here for preparedness links & printable action plan from Civil Defense

Hawaiʻi Volcano Hazards

Vog - Gas Hazard

What causes Hawaiʻi Earthquakes

Reacting to earthquakes

Retrofit Shear Walls

Earthquake Bracing

How earthquakes cause tsunamis

NOAA Tsunami Animation

Reacting to tsunami warning signs

Emergency Supplies & Plans

Hazards: Geomagnetic Storms

Historical Events

1918 Kīlauea

1924 Kīlauea Explosive Eruption

1946 Tsunami

1955 Eruption (short)

1955 Puna Eruption

1959 Kilauea Iki Eruption

1960 Kapoho Eruption

1983 Earthquake Road Damage

1986 Kaimu & Queens Bath, Then Lava

1994 & 2000 Floods

2006 Kiholo Earthquake Damage

2018 Eruption Explained

2020-2023 Kīlauea Eruptions

2022 Maunaloa Eruption

Other Animations & Simulations

Pele Searches for a Home

Volcano Deformation Monitoring

Volcano Gas Monitoring

Volcano Earthquake Monitoring

Earthquake Fault Types

What is a volcanic hotspot?

Life Of Hotspot Volcanic Island

Maunaloa Flank Collapse Simulation

Teaching Resources

K-12+

HVNP lesson & field trip plans for Grades 3-5, 6-8, & Pre-K-2

K-12 education resources from Earthscope

USGS Kīlauea water lake lesson for Grades 4-5

USGS “Volcanoes'!” lesson for Grades 4-8

More USGS volcano teaching resources

All-disciplines USGS educational resources

Earth science animations IRIS YouTube playlist

EarthScope GIPHY

Wax eruption teacher’s guide

College+

Igneous Processes & Volcanoes - free textbook chapter

Geodesy lessons from Earthscope

Modules from GETSI, incl. volcano monitoring, GPS & InSAR

Modules from InTeGrate, incl. natural hazards & community resilience

Hawaiian Volcanoes & Hazards activity modules from HPU, UH-Mānoa & Carleton College

Historic Events

CSAV Big Island Natural Hazards