Science Teachers Explore Mount Rainier

Members of the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory and National Park Service provide a week-long opportunity for teachers to explore Mount Rainier National Park conducting inquiry-based volcano science activities. Here, teachers measure and record the amount of snow that melts over a one-hour period to gain insight into summer ablation rates of snow fields at 5,400 feet in elevation. The workshop curriculum and educator's guide, which includes more than 30 activities and a field guide to geological sites of interest at Mount Rainier National Park, is designed for middle school students with adaptations and extensions that offer learning opportunities for students in higher and lower grade levels.