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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.

What Can Stop Lava? Methods for Stopping a Lava Flow Earth & Space
What Would Happen If Haleakala Erupted?Earth & Space
At What Tectonic Setting Is Hawaii Located?Earth & Space
What Caused the Great Chilean Earthquake?Earth & Space
Are the Sierra Nevada Mountains Volcanic?Earth & Space
How Fumaroles Alert Geologists to an Active Volcano Earth & Space
Which Volcanoes Are Most Likely to Explode and Why?Earth & Space
How Are Earthquakes Constructive to the Earth?Earth & Space
How Is the Movement of Tectonic Plates Measured?Earth & Space
What Is an Aftershock and Why Do They Happen?Earth & Space
What Would a 10.0 Earthquake Actually Look Like?Earth & Space
How Are Composite Volcanoes Formed?Earth & Space
How Do Cinder Cones Differ From Composite and Shield Volcanoes?Earth & Space
What Causes Earthquakes in Hawaii?Earth & Space
Is Volcanic Rock Magnetic? The Science Explained Earth & Space
Are Convergent Boundaries Constructive or Destructive?Earth & Space
Do Lava Rocks Explode? The Science of Steam Explosions Earth & Space
Which Type of Seismic Waves Cause the Most Shaking?Earth & Space
What Layers of the Earth Can P Waves Travel Through?Earth & Space
How Was the Haleakala Volcano Formed?Earth & Space
What Role Does Water Play in Generating Magma?Earth & Space
Are P or S Waves More Destructive in an Earthquake?Earth & Space
What Is ‘A’a Lava and How Does It Form?Earth & Space
Does Dubai Have Earthquakes? The Real Seismic Risk Earth & Space
How to Prevent Soil Liquefaction During an Earthquake Earth & Space
What Type of Plate Boundary Is the Cascade Mountains?Earth & Space
What Causes Hawaii to Have Volcanoes?Earth & Space
What Regions of the Americas Show the Greatest Crustal Activity?Earth & Space
What Is a Seismic Gap and Why Does It Matter?Earth & Space
When Is Yellowstone Expected to Erupt?Earth & Space