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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.

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What Is Volcanism? The Process From Magma to Eruption Earth & Space
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What Is Required for Liquefaction to Occur in an Earthquake?Earth & Space
Where Do Body Waves and Surface Waves Travel?Earth & Space
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What Is a Mud Volcano and How Does It Form?Earth & Space
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Why Do Earthquakes and Volcanoes Occur in Patterns?Earth & Space
How Are Felsic Magmas Formed?Earth & Space
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What Type of Plate Boundary Is Iceland On?Earth & Space
Is Mount Sinai a Volcano? The Geological Evidence Earth & Space
What Is an Earthquake Fault and How Do They Work?Earth & Space
What Type of Fault Occurs at a Divergent Boundary?Earth & Space
What Is an Active Volcano and How Is One Classified?Earth & Space
What Is a Volcanic Arc and How Does One Form?Earth & Space
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What Happens When Two Plates Carrying Continental Crust Collide?Earth & Space
What Is a Lahar and How Do These Volcanic Mudflows Form?Earth & Space
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What Is the San Andreas Fault and How Does It Work?Earth & Space
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