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A certified middle school educator, Alexandra Stokes teaches earth and space science at a public school in Miami, Florida. Her classroom instruction focuses on geology and physical geography, leading sixth-grade classes through annual projects that construct tabletop shake tables and model volcanoes. She previously taught general science in an urban middle school district. Stokes earned her bachelor of science in middle school science education from Berea College.

Where Will the Big One Hit? A Look at Major Fault Lines
What Is an Effusive Volcanic Eruption?
Why Does Pressure in Magma Build Up as It Rises?
Is Mafic or Felsic Magma More Explosive?
Do You Feel Earthquakes More on Higher Floors?
What Is a Volcanic Bomb and How Does It Form?
Where Are Lava Tubes Found on Earth and Beyond?
How Far Does a Secondary Wave Travel in 10 Minutes?
How the Interaction of Tectonic Plates Causes Earthquakes
What Part of the United States Is Not on the North American Plate?
What Is in a Lava Flow? From Chemicals to Gases
What Information Do Geologists Use to Classify Volcanoes?
What’s Happening at the Australian-Pacific Plate Boundary?
Why Do Geysers Erupt While Hot Springs Do Not?
What Happens When the Gas in Magma Is Unable to Escape?
What Lies Underneath Volcanic Features at Earth’s Surface?
What Would Happen If Yellowstone Erupted?
How Are Iceland’s Volcanoes Related to Plate Tectonics?
What Determines the Viscosity of Magma?
How Much Energy Is Released by an Earthquake?
How Fast Is California Sinking?
What Would Happen If Mauna Loa Erupted?
What Is a Volcanic Ash Cloud and How Does It Form?
How Are Underwater Volcanoes Formed?
Do P Waves Travel Through the Mantle?
Is the Mariana Trench a Convergent Boundary?
What Is Elastic Rebound and How Does It Cause Earthquakes?
Is Iceland a Mid-Ocean Ridge? The Science Explained
Why Does Iceland Have So Many Volcanoes?
How Do Craters Differ From Calderas?