Introduction

Congratulations third-grader! It is the year 2030 and you have been hired as a reporter for the Space Age Daily News. You currently work out of a storage room in the basement, which they call your office. Your editor wants you to write a 50^th anniversary article about Mount St. Helens eruption. If your editor likes your article, and it gets published, you will be able to move out of the storage room and into a corner office with a great view!

The Challenge

Locate using the internet the Who?, What?, Where?, When?, Why?, and How? of the Mount St. Helens eruption. Use that information and write an article for the Daily News. Make sure to include at least one image, and a direct quote from a witness to the eruption. If a group is completing this WebQuest, each member should complete at least one paragraph of the article.

Your Journey

Use the sites listed here to find your information:

Time Bombs and Timber

Mount St. Helens Remembered

Volcanoes

Videos of Mount St. Helens

To be a great internet reporter, use Yahoo and use these key words:

Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens eruption

May 18, 1980

Good Luck!

If you have any questions, please contact me!

Ashley Steele

Last updated 10/30/03

Inquiry Block Webquest

Fall 2003