Top Trumps Volcanoes Card Game

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The scores on the cards are based on what we know about the past and continuing activity of Erebus. The historical record of activity is only very short: Erebus was first seen in 1841, and first climbed in 1908. Deadliness. An Index from 0 to 1000 ( Krakatau in Indonesia) Essentially a measure of fatalities in the past. We have quite deliberately NOT used direct casualties in this figure. However, we created the index from the total number of historical fatalities directly attributed to volcanic activity. For some volcanoes this involves more than one fatal eruption (for example, Merapi in Indonesia, Mayon in the Phillipines). This explains why Yellowstone does not score well in this category. It has not had any historical fatalities. The 1883 eruption of Krakatau caused over 35,000 deaths. Although the 1815 eruption of Tambora killed many more people, a large majority of these were from secondary starvation from the devastated agricultural production in the region. Santorini last erupted in a tiny eruption in 1950, from a small vent on the island of Nea Kameni, or ‘new burnt island’. The two Kameni islands are just the top of a mound of lavas and lava-domes that have extruded from the volcano over the past 3,500 years, and that now form the main centre of the volcano in the middle of the caldera. Santorini is best known for the effects of a huge explosive eruption about 3,600 years ago – known as the Minoan eruption. This devastating eruption, which is certainly one of the largest eruptions in the world from the past 10,000 years; and one of the largest eruptions in Europe of the past 40,000 years, scattered ash and pumice across millions of square kilometres, and probably led to significant economic and political disruption in the Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean.

Probably the most exciting phase of this project is yet to come, however - seeing some interesting projects take place using our funds that might otherwise never happened. We have started the ball rolling with a pilot project in the region where STREVA is working: a community project on the slopes of Cotopaxi (Ecuador) which was designed to get school children talking to their elders about memories of past volcanic activity. The children’s notes and drawings will be made into a book and sold to tourists to raise funds for equipment for their school. And that is what it was all about in the first place! Wow! Factor– 84 The combination of its imposing height, snowcap and its symmetrical cone, ensure that Cotopaxi is a relatively high scorer for Wow! Factor. For an even better way to find EYFS resources, discover tailored suggestions, and much more - visit the EYFS resource HUB! GO TO EYFS HUBDevastation potential – 370. A key feature of the Servicio Geologico Colombiano‘s commemoration of 30 years since the devastating eruption was to use the past to improve the future. This is because, although no rebuilding has taken place over the buried town of Armero there are still many people who live close to the volcano and need to be alert to a future large eruption. Deadliness:An index made from the recorded deaths as a direct result of that volcano’s activity ( 0 to 1000). This is an index that shows the relative number of people who have been killed directly by that volcano and recorded in the Global Volcanism Catatlogue of the Smithsonian Institution. This might seem to be an inappropriate category to include in a fun game but it is a reminder that there is a serious side to all this. Volcanoes are dangerous and one of the goals of research projects like STREVA is to reduce loss of life in volcanic eruptions.

Playing card games, such as our volcano top trumps game, is beneficial for children in a number of ways: Strengthening Resilience in Volcanic Areas is a project funded by the UK Natural Environment and Economic and Social Research Councils (NERC_ESRC) with a central goal to reduce the negative impacts of volcanic activity on people and their assets. We are doing this by identifying the most important drivers of risk via detailed analysis of past or ongoing volcanic eruptions, and by considering the threats to people’s livelihoods as well as to their lives during eruptive episodes. Fuji is one of the most iconic and easily recognised volcanoes in the world. It lies in Honshu island, Japan, a little south of Greater Tokyo: one of the largest urban centres in the world with a population of around 35 million. Very few volcanoes on land are generated by rifting processes (the magma usually oozes up quietly, unseen, at the bottom of our oceans). The majority of our volcanoes are in different subduction zones, but some are associated with intra-plate settings.

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Like all the best things in life it has been ‘a journey’, starting with the fun arguments about which 30 volcanoes and what categories to choose (a mix of tectonic environments, roughly representative of global volcano distribution if you must know) and ending with us taxing our limited sales skills at a variety of events up and down the country. Height– 3794 m. Erebus is one of the tallest ‘free standing’ mountains in the world, and the second highest volcano in Antarctica, after Mount Sibley.

This volcano top trumps resource was developed in conjunction with Dr Laura Hobbs, Volcanologist: Science from the Start and Lancaster University. Colima is a stratovolcano, that lies in an area called the ‘ Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt‘ by geologists. It owes its origins to the ongoing subduction of the small Rivera tectonic plate beneath the North American plate, which is just one of a number of plate boundaries that flank the Pacific Ocean and lead to the so-called Ring of Fire. Krakatau is a major caldera volcano, that lies in the sea to the west of Java, Indonesia. It is one of the many active volcanoes of the Sunda Arc, which is forming as a result of the subduction of the Australian plate beneath the Sunda plate. Krakatau is not the only volcano of this chain to have erupted with devastating consequences. Toba, to the north, was responsible for the largest known eruption of the past 100,000 years; while Tambora and Rinjani, to the south east, had major eruptions in 1815 and 1257, both of which may have had global consequences. Last known eruption: March 2010 – June 2010. The eruption began with a small fire-fountaining eruption, from a fissure called Fimmvörðuháls about 5 kilometres east of the summit. The main explosive part of the eruption began, rather unexpectedly, in the summit on April 14th, and continued on and off for a few weeks.

Height– 1978 m. Tongariro, and its close neighbour Ngauruhoe (2287 m) haven’t reached the lofty heights of either Ruapehu (2797 m) or Taranaki (2518 m), but its still a great place for a hike.