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Parents & Teachers
S.T.E.M. Resources for Teachers & Students
Looking for real-world curriculm? Check out Mount St Helens Institute's new, free, online curriculum designed for 4th grade students: "Sediment on the Move." Students role-play as city council members to explore hazards of volcanic sediment and help solve management issues.
This unit is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards, Common Core ELA Standards, Common Core Math Standards, and Social Studies Learning Standards. This unit supports the Next Generation Science Standard Performance Expectation 4-ESS3-2. Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans. View the storyline map for more details on how each activity supports these standards.
Translations for student materials are available in Spanish, Russian, and Ukrainian. Please contact learn@mshinstitute.org if you need student materials translated into a different language or access to curriculum resources.
Mount St Helens: Teacher's Corner
Field trips to Mount St. Helens start here.