This page provides an overview of teaching ideas for integrating volcanoes into the subject of math. A variety of activities can be created that delve into areas such as: measurement, percents, word problems, fractions, and the four basic operations.

Volcano size, volume of lava eruptions, and areas covered by lava can be the basis of a host of measurement activities that incorporate problems in finding height, width, volume, and area

Information about the destructive forces of volcanic eruptions or the composition of lava can be used when creating percentage problems and fraction problems.

Statistics of volcanic eruptions, or dates can provide information that can be used in word problems, statisics problems, and measurement problems. The students can even be given the task of making graphs or tables to assist their math problems.

The other three pages on the math homepage can be printed and used as handouts. They cover the following three areas: measurement, percents, and word problems.

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