Volcano+Model+-+Mt.+Vesuvius

Mt. Vesuvius


 * Elevation above sea level:** 1281 meters (4202 Feet)


 * Type of volcano:** Active, Strato Volcano


 * Location**: Bay of Naples, Located on a humpback mountain. Coordinates are: 40.82 N, 14.43 E



1913-44 1875-1906 1874 1870-72 1864-68 1855-61 1854-55 1841-50 1835-39 1824-34 1796-1822 1783-94 1770-79 1764-67 1744-61 1732-37 1724-30 1712-23 1708 1706-07 1701-04 1697-98 1696 1685-94 1682 1654-80 1637-52 1631-32 1139 1073 1049-? 1037 1007 999-? 991-? 968 787 685 536 512 505 472 379-95, 222-35 203 172 79 AD. 1500 BC.
 * Eruption Dates:**

Mt. Vesuvius has erupted 50 times.

Pompeii ====Pompeii is one of the most known eruptions from this volcano. When the volcano erupted there was, and still is, a city living aroud the volcano. Pompeii did not live right beside the volcano, the eruption blasted more than seven and a half miles away. The people tried to escape, but instead they were frozen in the dirt. The outlines of their bodies can still be seen today. This eruption was one of the first documented; it erupted in 79 AD.==== Pompeii was not the only city effected by this, it was just the most popular town. Other towns effected include: Nuceria, Oplontis, Stabiae, and Herculaneum.

Positive and Negitive Effects It gave the plants a chance to regrow and renew. It created history and we can learn from it.
 * Positive:**

The ash killed many people and animals.
 * Negative:**

Facts 3 million people live around the volcano today. The first known eruption was in 1500 BC.

Log Introduced to topic and volcano. Began brain-storming.
 * Day #1:**

Researched and recored information on Mt. Vesuvius.
 * Day #2**

Began working on wiki page.
 * Day #3**

Gathered Materials for volcano and continued adding ideas for the volcano. Material gathered are: Empty can, Styrofoam boards, clay, peanut can, spry paint, play-dogh, paint, toilet paper tube, sugar, and potassium nitrate.
 * Day #4**

Started building volcano: We put clay around a large peanut can; we then carved ridges into the clay and formed the top of the volcano.
 * Day #5**

Started making houses and trees for the model.
 * Day #6**

Made the base for the landscape. We took styrofoam boards and mapped out where the boards would go along the volcano. We then marked out roads with a marker; we spray painted the roads and grass on the boards. Started putting clay on the roads and started putting the houses on the boards.
 * Day #7**

Finished making the houses and trees. We painted the trees. We made the ridge for the volcano We used clay to form and shape the ridge. We spray painted the ridge
 * Day #8**

Finished attaching houses and trees to the boards We used clay and adhesive to attach them.

Made the source of the explosion. We put sugar and potassium nitrate inside a toilet paper tube after it was mixed in a skillet. Fire fountain Recipe

Made the slope for the volcano. We used clay to make a slope come down from the volcano.

Finished wiki page and presented volcano We erupted it during class
 * Day #9**