Glue Glue
Glue Glue
Cut out hole
Eurasian Plate Road
Divergent boundary Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Coastline
Atlantic Ocean North American
Plate
Ash plume made of (or Jökulhlaup)
from melted ice
ash plume caused by the in ter
action of la va and ic
(not to scale) e
* pronounced Aya-feeyalla-yurkul
1. Cut around the 3 parts of the model — you may need to get an adult to help you A. Ash plume
B. Base
C. Summit and crater
2. Ash plume: fold and glue the two halves together
3. Base: cut out the hole in the middle of the base
4. Base: fold along the thick black lines and glue tabs to make-up the model like a box lid. Allow to dry.
5. Summit and crater: fold as shown in the images on page 2. Half the ‘cone’
points downwards.
6. Glue the summit and crater to the base as shown in the image on page 2.
7. Glue the ash plume to the summit and crater
Eyjafjallajökull * Volcano Model
What you will need:
B.Base
© BGS, NERC 2012
cut out the pattern
fold along the straight lines glue tabs as indicated 1
2 3
GlueGlue
G G G
G G
G
G G G
G G
G
G G G
G G
G G
G G
ASH S K C O R C I T L A S A B
GMA MA T SPO HO
T
CALDERA ICE C AP
ICE CAP
Fold along centre
and glue halves together
(not to scale)
* pronounced Aya-feeyalla-yurkul
Folding the summit & crater Summit & crater assembled
The finished model
A. Ash plume
C. Summit and crater
Eyjafjallajökull * Volcano Model
Making the base and ash plume
© BGS, NERC 2012