Grade 4 Virtual Guest Speaker

As a start to their science unit on forces that shape the Earth's surface, fourth grade students in Ms. Davis' class had the pleasure of listening to a live virtual guest speaker, Cynthia Gardner, Geologist from the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory at Mount St. Helens.
Ms. Gardner told the students what happened at the volcano in 1980 and what Mount St. Helens taught us about the way volcanoes behave.  Learning more about a volcano’s history and studying its past eruptions helps us to understand what a volcano is capable of and how to prepare for the next eruption.  There was even a live Q&A session at the end.
What a great experience!  Thank you Ms. Gardner!

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