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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.

Why Does Hawaii Have So Many Volcanoes?Earth & Space
Can Earthquakes Cause Other Natural Disasters?Earth & Space
What Is Pele’s Hair and How Does It Form?Earth & Space
What Happens When Two Tectonic Plates Collide Along a Subduction Zone?Earth & Space
What Happens When Stress Builds at Faults?Earth & Space
Why Are Transform Faults Prone to Massive Earthquakes?Earth & Space
Is the Poás Volcano Active? A Look at Its Hydrothermal System Earth & Space
How an Earthquake Occurs: From Stress to Seismic Waves Earth & Space
What Is Blue Lava? The Science Behind the Phenomenon Earth & Space
What Would Happen If All Volcanoes Erupted at Once?Earth & Space
Can We Prevent Volcanic Eruptions?Earth & Space
The Sunda Trench Formed at a Convergent Boundary Earth & Space
What Is an Active Fault and How Do Geologists Identify One?Earth & Space
What Is a Dike in a Volcano and How Does It Form?Earth & Space
What Is Pahoehoe Lava and How Does It Form?Earth & Space
What Causes a Smaller Earthquake After a Large One?Earth & Space
What Happens When Oceanic and Continental Plates Collide?Earth & Space
Why Is Japan Prone to Earthquakes?Earth & Space
How Is Pumice Formed From a Volcanic Eruption?Earth & Space
Can Tsunamis Be Prevented? The Science of Mitigation Earth & Space
How Does a Seismograph Work?Earth & Space
What Is a Submarine Volcano and How Does It Erupt?Earth & Space
What Is a Shake Table and How Does It Work?Physics
What Is the Relationship Between Earthquakes and Plate Motion?Earth & Space
What Type of Volcano Is Iceland?Earth & Space
What Is the Primary Way That Volcanoes Can Trigger a Mass Extinction?Environment
Is Mount Tabor a Volcano? Its Geologic History Earth & Space
What Is Happening to Iceland Plate Tectonics?Earth & Space
What Happens If a Supervolcano Erupts?Earth & Space
Do Earthquakes Occur Due to Convection Currents in the Mantle?Earth & Space