Mr. Gonzalez's Science Classes
We have three 6th grade Science classes and two 8th grade Science classes blogging here from the Pacific Northwest in Chimacum, WA! Sixth graders are learning a bit about Mt Saint Helens, environmental science through fresh water ecology, and physical science this year. Eighth graders are learning about life science this year. Please join us as we learn Science by exploring our world.
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Article posted October 13, 2011 at 12:49 PM GMT-8 •
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I agree that Mt St Helens will rebuild itself. The evidence that I have is Mt St Helens could or could not. The reason it might not is because it just erupted in 2004. It might rebuild itself again because it "grows", just like mount everest does.
Article posted October 13, 2011 at 12:49 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 4, 2011 at 01:06 PM GMT-8 •
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I don't think Mt.St.Helens will erupt again because it a second time in 2004, so you never know when it might erupt.A ranger at Cispus even told us Mt.St.Helens is an active volcano.A lot of the mountain in 1980,and if it erupts again it could keep eroding.If this process repeats itself,Mt.St.Helens will never be the same.
Article posted October 4, 2011 at 01:06 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted September 30, 2011 at 02:08 PM GMT-8 •
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I don't think it will look the same because it's been 31 years and there was barely anything growing back.And no because the only way possible that it could rebuild is if there was a tsunami it could push up the mountain and form it back witch won't likely happen.
Article posted September 30, 2011 at 02:08 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 4, 2011 at 01:01 PM GMT-8 •
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Over time it has changed over and over again in many different ways.alot science people beleive it will rebuild again.their is a lot of proof to.oh and it grows a inch every day
Article posted October 4, 2011 at 01:01 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 4, 2011 at 01:02 PM GMT-8 •
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Over time it has changed over and over again in many different ways.alot science people beleive it will rebuild again.their is a lot of proof to.oh and it grows a inch every day
Article posted October 4, 2011 at 01:02 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 01:02 PM GMT-8 •
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I think that Mt. St. Helen's will rebuild itself because the lava will turn into rock and fill in the crater and it may not look the same but it could look sorta like it did before.
Article posted October 3, 2011 at 01:02 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted September 30, 2011 at 01:17 PM GMT-8 •
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I think Mt St Helen's will rebuild itself to the way it looked like in 1980. The proof is that dust and ash are trying to rebuild itself unto the mountain. Also,Mt St Helen's erupted before 2004 and 1980,and it went back to the way it was. And it will erupt again in 200 years.
Article posted September 30, 2011 at 01:17 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 4, 2011 at 01:03 PM GMT-8 •
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I think MT saint Helens will grow big. Then it will blow up again. Also it will get smaller when it blows up. Then it will grow then blow then get smaller again and keep doing the same thing again.
Article posted October 4, 2011 at 01:03 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted September 30, 2011 at 07:19 PM GMT-8 •
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I beleive that Mount Saint Helens will rebuild itself.Scientists say that Mount St. Helens has errupted before.If thats true than why did it look like a mountain instead of a volcano that errupted?The answe is:because it rebuilt itself!!Scientists say that Mount St. Helens is rebuilding itself all the time,24/7!If you went to Mount St. Helens,you saw the cloud of dust over the mountain.The park ranger there said that the cloud of dust came from rocks sliding down and rebuilding the mountain.Comments?
Article posted September 30, 2011 at 07:19 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted September 30, 2011 at 01:04 PM GMT-8 •
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In a very long time Mt. Saint Helens will come back to how it was before the eruption because the west, east and south sides of the mountain will erode and it will be back to its normal shape.
Article posted September 30, 2011 at 01:04 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 4, 2011 at 12:50 PM GMT-8 •
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Because Mt. St. Helens already blew up all of the stuff that exploded off of it can't go back on unless you find every single piece and glue it all back together. Nature can't take things back they already did!!
Article posted October 4, 2011 at 12:50 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted November 8, 2011 at 08:12 PM GMT-8 •
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Mount St. Helen's is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is 96 miles (154 km) south of Seattle, Washington and 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Portland, Oregon. Mount St. Helen's takes its English name from the British diplomat Lord St Helen's, a friend of explorer George Vancouver who made a survey of the area in the late 18th century.[1] The volcano is located in the Cascade Range and is part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, a segment of the Pacific Ring of Fire that includes over 160 active volcanoes. This volcano is well known for its ash explosions and pyroclastic flows.
Article posted November 8, 2011 at 08:12 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted November 3, 2011 at 01:19 PM GMT-8 •
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Mt. St. Helens a strato vocanoe erupted on May 18th 1980 with the power of a atomic bomb. But in October 2004 it caused a steam eruption and studies say that the crater-shaped moutain is growing. And the animals such as gophers are coming back. And plants are growing in through the rich volcanic soil life is coming back to the area .
Article posted November 3, 2011 at 01:19 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted November 4, 2011 at 01:17 PM GMT-8 •
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I don't think that Mt. Saint Helens will ever grow back to the orginal shape and size. It almost lost half of itself In the 1980s explosion. Its supposed to eroupt in in the next two hundred years and even then it would blow all of the dirt and rock off again.
Article posted November 4, 2011 at 01:17 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted September 29, 2011 at 01:22 PM GMT-8 •
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I have evidence that a composite volcano is a mix of a shield volcano and a cinder cone volcano and shield volcanoes are formed by magma coming up an harding into rock and I think that Mt.St.Helen will rebuild the same way.
Article posted September 29, 2011 at 01:22 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 01:05 PM GMT-8 •
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I have evidence that Mt St Helens will rebuild itself because the rock and ash can rebuild its form again,just like Mt St Helens used to look like.Also Mt St Helens erupts about every 100-200 years.
Article posted October 3, 2011 at 01:05 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted September 30, 2011 at 02:17 PM GMT-8 •
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I think mt st Hellen will grow back because it all ready has a little bit.if mt st hellens does not erupted it will grow back some day.i know this because I watch movie about mt st hellens in class.
Article posted September 30, 2011 at 02:17 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted November 3, 2011 at 08:44 PM GMT-8 •
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Mount Saint Helens blew up in May 18 1980.
It made alot of ash which blocked out the sun.
Mount Saint Helens killed 57 people.
A stubborn man named Truman didn't leave his lodge during the volcano explosion, he said "Im not leaving my lodge no matter what happens" he died in his lodge by the volcano.
Mount Saint Helens top actually slid of by a 5.1 earthquake.
There was a mud slid after the eruption that filled the rivers. Spirit lake was filled with a lot of debris and was dissplaced from its original location, too two hundred feet in ellavation.
Mount Saint Helens is now a highly active volcano.
Article posted November 3, 2011 at 08:44 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 02:15 PM GMT-8 •
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I think Mt.St. Helens will grow back ,because after the explosion it already grew back about 900ft. And now it is at least1,000ft. In length. I also know it because the scientists in the movie said that it would grow back to its original size.
Article posted October 3, 2011 at 02:15 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 02:19 PM GMT-8 •
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I think Mt.St. Helens will grow back ,because after the explosion it already grew back about 900ft. And now it is at least1,000ft. In length. I also know it because the scientists in the movie said that it would grow back to its original size.
Article posted October 3, 2011 at 02:19 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted September 30, 2011 at 02:17 PM GMT-8 •
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The evidence i found in my research to prove that Mt saint Helens should one day rebuild it's self to look like what it did before the May 18, 1980 eruption is the ever lasting growing mountian.
Article posted September 30, 2011 at 02:17 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 4, 2011 at 01:44 PM GMT-8 •
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Mt st Helens has already grown a little bit so far so it might continue doing so. And in the the time between now and the next major eruption it may be at or exceeded the height before the last 1980 eruption.
Article posted October 4, 2011 at 01:44 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted September 29, 2011 at 02:19 PM GMT-8 •
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Mt. Saint Helens will rebuild itself through it's lave dome because after every eruption it has. The lava dome will get larger because the ash, lava, and previous formations run down the lava dome and gets larger after every eruption. In about 100 years it will rebuild its former glory. If it doesn't erupt like the last eruption in 1980.
Article posted September 29, 2011 at 02:19 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted September 30, 2011 at 02:18 PM GMT-8 •
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I think it won't because rock ist liveing there for it can't grow. It will erupt again. So over all i think it is inposible for it to be even close to how it was befor.
Article posted September 30, 2011 at 02:18 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted September 30, 2011 at 02:11 PM GMT-8 •
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it will rebild its self because on the movie we wotched it said every time it eurupes and the maund of moltin rock will grow so eventuly it will be as it wus.
Article posted September 30, 2011 at 02:11 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 02:17 PM GMT-8 •
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The evidence I have from my research about mt saint helens for it to look different form then the 1980 eruption is I don't think it will look different because it hasn't changed for a while until it erupted it hasn't changed yet.
Article posted October 3, 2011 at 02:17 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted September 30, 2011 at 02:15 PM GMT-8 •
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Some evidence I found in my research that Mount Saint Helens will someday rebuild itself to look like what it did before the May 18, 1980 eruption is the ever-growing lava dome. In about a century or two, if an eruption doesn't destroy it, the lava dome may reach the size of the space blown off by the eruption and may grow even bigger
Article posted September 30, 2011 at 02:15 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 02:17 PM GMT-8 •
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Mt St Helens Could be as glamorous as it had been before the eruption.That is if it doesn't explode in the amount of time it will take it to recover from the blow that the area suffered.If it does erupt it will take so very much more time than it will take it now and even that will take a significant amount of time.But some animals find a way to be safe while not leaving their home.After the eruption stops and the animals that are still there would come out then later all the rest will come back.Things may be distroyed other things will grow back maybe not what was there before but some thing else that is wonderful!
Article posted October 3, 2011 at 02:17 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 28, 2011 at 12:43 PM GMT-8 •
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i think there are sighns of life on mt st helens,There are many examples of life returning to Mt Saint Helens from the trees and plants that are all over the blast zone. Also in Meta Lake there are many trees as well as tadpoles, birds and fish. Deer are spotted at times, too.
the ash from the mountain rose 80,000 feet up in the air.57 people including thousands of animals were killed,and 30 were missing. people say the might of died or they were just badly injured.the damage that it made costed $2.74 billion dollars.
the eruption was preceded by a two-month series of earthquakes and steam-venting episodes,caused by a injection by magma and shallow depth below the volcano that created a huge buldge and fracture system on mt st helens north slope.
Article posted October 28, 2011 at 12:43 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 08:13 AM GMT-8 •
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The evidence that the mountain will grow and be the same again is that the lava dome is growing a whole bunch!!
So, if it doesn't blow before it fully rebuilds, it will probably be completely re-toppified within about 150 years.
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 08:13 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 08:14 AM GMT-8 •
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i agree that it will rebuild its self because it built up to that size befor so it can do it again.It has already started to rebuild so it will one day look that way again but probly not in our life time.
Article posted October 3, 2011 at 08:14 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted September 30, 2011 at 08:36 AM GMT-8 •
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I think someday mt.st.Helens will return to it's normal size in a century or so because mount saint helens lava dome expands an inch a day.So 365 inches a year,so in many years the lava dome will expand and rebuild the top on mt.st. helens.
Article posted September 30, 2011 at 08:36 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 08:36 AM GMT-8 •
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I think Mt.St.Helens will in time go back to normal because it has already started.It keeps building itself up and up until one day it all of a sudden is back to normal.One day Mt.St.Helens will be normal!
Article posted October 3, 2011 at 08:36 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted September 30, 2011 at 08:36 AM GMT-8 •
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MT. saint Helens will rebuild itself with help of the lava dome.MT. saint Helens has had really small eruptions and keeps rebuilding itself.I hope I can answer more questions
BYE PEOPLES!!!
Jaimiem
Article posted September 30, 2011 at 08:36 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 08:22 AM GMT-8 •
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I agree it Will rebuild itself because of all the cinder and ash will rebuild itself to what it looked like it did before the eruption.Then it will erupt again but worse than it did before.
Article posted October 3, 2011 at 08:22 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 08:35 AM GMT-8 •
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I agree that one day Mt. St. Helens well soon build up to what it was and looked like.before the may 18,1980. Because lava forms up the volcano .and it forms the sides and pushes it out.
Article posted October 3, 2011 at 08:35 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 08:27 AM GMT-8 •
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I think mount st. helens will rebuild, but i dont think it will rebuild itself to look exactly the same as it did before the 1980 eruption. Because it is rebuild over the days and it grows an inch everyday. Thats 30 feet in an year and 300 feet every 10 years.
Article posted October 3, 2011 at 08:27 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 5, 2011 at 08:17 AM GMT-8 •
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My evidence comes to the answer that it will come back to its original state because the lava dome is re-building it. Another piece of evidence is that the gas and pressure is building, causing the dome to rise and it is estimated to look close to what it did in 1980 in about 200 years (give or take a few).
Article posted October 5, 2011 at 08:17 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 08:24 AM GMT-8 •
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I think mt saint Helens will eventually rebuild itself. Beause with most of my research in movies and books about mt saint helens.One fact is thet mt saint helens is etestamated to grow about 1inch per day,another fact is that if the fact about one inch per day is correct mt saint helens grows 30 feet per year and 300hundred feet every year. So mt saint helens WILL GROW BACK.
Article posted October 3, 2011 at 08:24 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 08:31 AM GMT-8 •
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I think Mt. St. Helens might be able to rebuild itself depending on if erupts. If it keeps on erupting it won't get a chance to rebuild. If it doesn't erupt it will take about 140.5 years to go back to it's normal state. The reason it will take so long to rebuild is because it has to rebuild 4,213 feet of rock. You are probably thinking how could Mt. St. Helens rebuild itself? It grows over 1 inch every day. That's 300 feet every 10 years. That's a lot!
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Article posted September 30, 2011 at 02:10 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted September 30, 2011 at 02:10 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 01:59 PM GMT-8 •
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I predict that Mount St Helens will return to the way it was before the eruption, because plants and animals and trees are coming back to live there. About the part of the mountain that fell of in the big eruption, I believe that someday, either the peice that remained in the eruption will blow off in another eruption, the cause being it would be the same, but it would be a smaller volcano, or the rocks would pile up again and make themselves somlid again to re-create the "illusion" at least that the volcano was back to normal. As for the wild-life, yes, I do think that they will return back like before.
Article posted October 3, 2011 at 01:59 PM GMT-8 •
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About the Blogger
I started my teaching career in South Central Los Angeles teaching in modified to full bilingual 4th and 5th grade classes. Then I moved to WA State where I have taught mainly 6th through 8th grade. I have enjoyed the culture clash but notice that kids are the same everywhere :o)
My areas of interest are science and technology but I also love studying ancient cultures and learning about different peoples and cultures.
