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Description and Physical Traits:
Lassen Volcanic National Park was established on
August 9, 1916. The size of the park is 106,372 acres.
From 1914 to early 1915, Lassen spewed steam and ashes
in more than 150 eruptions. Finally, on May 19, 1915, the
mountaintop exploded. Lava crashed through the 1914
crater. A 20-foot-high wall of mud, ash, and melted snow
roared down the mountain, snapping tree trunks. Three
days later, a huge mass of ashes and gases shot out of
the volcano, devastating a path a mile wide and three
miles long. There was a cloud of volcanic steam and ash
that rose 30,000 feet.
Eruptions of steam and ash continued until June
1917, when the volcano resumed its quiet profile, with
minor steam clouds occasionally reported. Since 1921
Lassen Peak has remained quiet. But it is still considered
an active volcano. There are wrecked mountains,
devastated land, bubbling cauldrons of mud. Until Mount
St. Helens blew in 1980, Lassen's eruption was the most
recent volcanic explosion in the lower 48 states.
Ecologists now study Lassen's landscape to see what the
future may bring to the terrain around St. Helens.
Features:
Lassen Volcanic National Park has mudflats,
mountain lakes, creeks, and elevations ranging from 5,300
feet to over 10,000 feet. The park has a variety of
nearly every know volcanic feature. Erosion from water,
wind has worn down some of the volcanoes.
The main volcano is Lassen Peak and it is 10,457 feet.
Panel 1
Notes from teacher:
-Title on panel
-Describe the landform
-Its size and features
-Pictures and captions
Location and Map:
Lassen Volcanic National Park is located in Mineral,
California, in the United States, on the North American
Panel 2
continent.
Notes from teacher:
-Title on panel
-Location in sentences and
paragraphs.
-Map
Lassen Volcanic National Park is located at the southern
end of the Cascade Range, Lassen Volcanic National Park lays
at the crossroads of three great regions: the Cascades
range to the north, the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the
south and the Great Basin desert to the east.
Lassen Peak and volcanic rocks.
Formation and History:
Every rock at Lassen began from volcanoes. The park’s
volcanic domes are part of the most recently active Lassen
Volcanic Center, which began to erupt about 825,000 years
ago. You can find in the park all four types of volcanoes
found in the world--shield, composite, cinder cone, and plug
dome. The rocks are igneous rocks, mostly basalt.
Lassen Volcanic National Park is located at the southern
end of the Cascade Range, Lassen Volcanic National Park lays
at the crossroads of three great regions: the Cascades
range to the north, the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the
south and the Great Basin desert to the east.
Panel 3
Notes from teacher:
-Title on panel
-Write a paragraph
describing when and
how your landform
was formed or
created. What is the
history of your
landform? What type
of rock is it made of?
How has it changed/
What processes
changed it?
Panel 3
Notes from teacher:
If you have a diagram,
explain the picture in
captions. Insert and use
labels, if needed.
This is a diagram of the inside of a volcano. The parts
of a volcano include the vent, crater, magma chamber,
magma, and volcanic layers.
Panel 4
Lassen Volcanic National Park, Mineral, California, USA
This is what two volcanoes look like in the summer
and in the winter at Lassen Volcanic National Park.
Jack Rockland 5C
Notes from teacher:
-Title in Word Art
-Location in sentences or
paragraphs.
-Map
- Your name and homeroom
Bibliography:
The History of Lassen Volcanic Park, US Geological
Service Booklet. 2001.
“Lassen National Volcanic Park”. Encyclopedia Britannica
Online. pp. 2-5.
Websites:
http://www.nps.gov/lavo/index.htm
Panel 5
Notes from teacher:
-Title on panel
-3 sources minimum
-Cite your books
-Cite your articles
-Cite your websites
for any images
Fun Facts:

Lassen National Park will celebrate its 100 year
anniversary in August 2016.

One of the oldest national parks in the United States is
the Lassen National Park.

Lassen National Park started as two separate national
monuments, and President Theodore Roosevelt
designated it in 1907.

John Muir visited Lassen Volcanic National Park and
wrote about his experience in the Mountains of
California.
Myths and/or Legends:
ISHI – The Last Yahi
There were four tribes of Native Americans that
lived in the Lassen National Park. One tribe was
called the Yahi and there was a Native American
named Ishi who was from the Yahi tribe. Ishi was
the last Native American person of his tribe left.
Ishi died on March 25, 1916. Before he died he told
everyone what it was like to live in the park. People
say that his spirit haunts the park.
Panel 6
Notes from teacher:
-Title on panel
-Fun Facts may be in
bullets
-Myths and/or Myths
or legends must be in
sentence and
paragraph format