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Saturday, August 18, 2007

A Lesson Plan in the Making...Literally

Alaska's topography is about to change once again. Pavlof Volcano has been very irritable of late and is threatening to throw a major tantrum. In fact, fishermen off Alaska's coast have reported seeing "glowing blocks" falling from the mountain, so the eruption may have already begun.

At my other Homeschooling Anyway blog (the practical side of my blogging activities, as opposed to this one, which can sometimes get a little silly), I've written a post about how to cover the current events side of social studies when life seems a little out of control. I've also put up some great links for you to learn more about Pavlof Volcano with your youngins. Do check it out! You'll then be able to impress your family and friends with how much you know about this somewhat obscure volcano and even why airplanes shouldn't fly through an ash eruption.

Go learn!

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Posted by Anonymous

COOL! thanks for sharing!
Nancy (rvnurse2b)

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Saturday, August 18, 2007 - An Alaskan Speaking up

Posted by jess4him

Yah i know, that's been the big news up here.. though, fortunately, we don't have to worry about it too much here in the interior because Alaska is *so* huge. When/if it blows, we will probably have plenty of dark skies and ash for a while, but it won't directly harm us at all. It HAS been interesting though as they're talking about when/if it DOES go, planes flying over that area of AK (which are a LOT since flight seeing and small planes is a big recreational hobby here) could have serious problems since apparently when THAT much ash gets sucked into a plane's engine it can cause serious damage and bring the plane down in flames.

Anyways, it *will* be interesting to watch and see what happens.
jess

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