Ben is your volcanologist role model. As well as dreaming about cakes, Ben travels around the world trying to figure out why volcanoes erupt. His favourite part of his job is being on an active volcano, hiking around and picking up exciting looking rocks and watching volcanoes erupt. Ben recently worked together with the Department of Conservation (DOC) on assessing the hazard of being hit by rocks thrown out of the volcanoes when hiking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing track in New Zealand’s North island. DOC actually used that data to help them decide where not to build toilets! When he isn’t on a volcano, Ben is surfing, snowboarding and building sand volcanoes with his kids.
Resources:
Introducing the game
- Introduction video – part 1 – YouTube video
- Introduction video – part 2 – YouTube video
Mission 1 – Drilling for geothermal energy
- Volcanologist 1970s – YouTube video
- Geothermal Drillers Save Planet Earth: Volcanologist – PDF
- Geothermal Drillers Save Planet Earth drilling location – game map
Mission 2 – Energy from magma
- Introduction to the future – 2030s – YouTube video
- Volcanologist 2030s – YouTube video
- Magma Drillers Save Planet Earth: Volcanologist – PDF
- Magma Drillers Save Planet Earth drilling location – game map
Text courtesy of Magma Drillers Save Planet Earth
Image drawn by Elizabeth Mordensky
