Magma Drillers Save Planet Earth – teacher resources

The following resources provide help with using Magma Drillers Save Planet Earth in the classroom.

• Using Magma Drillers Save Planet Earth – activity

• Vocabulary activity – Word document

• Key terms activity – Word document

• Name tags – PDF

• LEARNZ Natural hazards: lessons from Iceland

The following resources provide background information on geothermal energy in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Krafla Magma Testbed.

• Geothermal power – article

• Restoring Rotorua’s natural geothermal taonga – article

• Double trouble – Rotorua and Ōhakuri – article

• The advantages and limitations of using geothermal energy to produce electricity – EECA (Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority)

• Geothermal energy – GNS Science 

• What is geothermal? – New Zealand Geothermal Association 

• Krafla Magma Testbed – website

• Kiwis on to hot source of energy – New Zealand Herald

• Drilling into a volcano – LEARNZ

• Drilling for magma – University of Canterbury video

• Drilling surprise opens door to volcano-powered electricity – The Conversation

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