Axial Seamount: A Volcano on the Verge An averages and graphing exploration where students dig into volcanic data to predict when it will blow next!Students will explore volcanoes and their atmospheric impact before diving into the data surrounding the best documented submarine volcano off the shores of the Pacific Northwest – the Axial Seamount. Teams will be tasked with finding the monthly averages of the vertical movement of the floor surrounding the volcano. They’ll then take those averages, graph them and explore why their plots are inconsistent and suddenly drop. Are their calculations incorrect? Is the sensor broken? Or is there something far more explosive (hint, hint, wink, wink) going on below the surface? This intel will then lead to the biggest question of all…. When will the Axial Seamount blow next? Topics Authors Vanessa Chisum Teacher ResourcesLesson PlanSlidesGraph Keys by YearStoryMap KeyCER RubricVolcano Data Key Student Resources StoryMap Fill in Notes Volcano Seafloor Data Yearly Graphs Worksheet PDF | Sheets 5 Year Data Averaging in Sheets Guide Additional ResourcesAll research papers, data, graphs, and a powerpoint from researcher Bill Chadwick Next Generation Science StandardsCrosscutting ConceptsCause and effectStability and change Core IdeasESS2.A: Earth Materials and SystemsESS1.B: Earth and the Solar SystemLS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in EcosystemsPracticesUsing Mathematics and Computational ThinkingAnalyzing and Interpreting Data Ocean Literacy Fundamental Concepts1: The Earth has one big ocean with many features.