Plate Tectonics: Volcano Lab

Plate Tectonics Lab teaches how the Earth's surface actually works by letting you set the conditions and watch the geology follow. Choose how two plates move against each other in the 3D Plate Lab, or dial in magma chemistry in the Volcano Lab, and the landform, the eruption style and the earthquake severity all update from the same geology tables that write the 44-lesson course behind them — never a canned scene, never an invented number. In the Plate Lab, pick a motion — plates pulling apart, pushing together, or sliding past — and a pairing of oceanic and continental plates, then run it: watch a mid-ocean ridge rise, a slab sink beneath a chain of volcanoes, or two continents crumple into a mountain belt, while a readout tells you the landform, whether it's volcanic, how severe the earthquakes there tend to be, and a real-world example, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to the Himalayas. In the Volcano Lab, slide silica content and dissolved gas and watch a particle plume shift from a gentle lava flow to a towering ash column as the eruption style and a real example, from Kilauea to Pinatubo, update with it. Inside lessons, a fault-slip mini-lab lets you drag two sliders — slip and friction — and watch the earthquake's magnitude class recalculate on the spot. This is a teaching model built on standard geology classifications, not a live seismic feed or a forecast of any real event — it never predicts when or where a real earthquake or eruption will happen. What's inside: • 44 lessons across four units — Earth's Structure, Plate Boundaries, Volcano Lab, and Earthquakes • Two full 3D labs: set plate motion and plate type and watch the boundary form; dial silica and gas and watch the eruption style change • Live mini-labs inside lessons — drag sliders for fault slip, plate motion, magma chemistry and isostasy and watch the result recompute as you move them • The course and both 3D labs read from the same geology tables, so a lesson never teaches one outcome while a lab shows another • 44 quizzes with worked explanations, plus hand-drawn diagrams for every major concept • 20 real-world case studies drawn from actual plate boundaries and volcanoes, from the East African Rift to Mount St. Helens • A day-streak that tracks your study habit • Light and dark themes • Available in 10 languages • Guest sign-in — start the first lesson immediately, no account required Built for the student meeting plate tectonics for the first time and the science-curious adult who wants to understand why some volcanoes ooze and others explode, or how a subducting plate builds a mountain range. Every idea here is something you set and watch happen, not a diagram you're asked to memorize. What's free: the first three lessons of every unit (12 of 44), covering Earth's structure, boundaries, volcanoes and earthquakes so you get a real taste of all four. Both 3D labs are free with unlimited plate configurations and full readouts; the Volcano Lab's eruption animation carries a daily cap on the free tier while its sliders and readout stay unlimited. Three real-world cases are unlocked through the free lessons. What Plate Tectonics Pro adds: the remaining 32 lessons across all four units, the full 20-case library in both labs, unlimited eruption animations, AI explanations of any result, and it removes the ad banner. Plate Tectonics Pro is offered as a Monthly or an Annual auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically at the plan's price until cancelled. Manage or cancel anytime from Account Settings. Privacy Policy https://coddykit.com/terms/privacy-policy