Lesson Five – Tsunamis
This geography teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate and record some of the effects of earthquakes on the natural world and explain and report how they can produce damaging tsunamis in the sea.
The class can practise making a model to show how tsunamis can affect coastal regions of a country following an earthquake under a sea or ocean.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate and record some of the effects of earthquakes on the natural world and explain and report how they can produce damaging tsunamis in the sea
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to understand the effects of tsunamis on landscapes and populations around the world and a template to write a report to explain how earthquakes can affect landscapes and populations around the world when they create tsunamis that can affect coastal locations.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore the effects of earthquakes on the natural world and how they can produce tsunamis in the sea.
This lesson is part of a geography scheme of work to get the children to investigate and record some of the different causes and effects of earthquakes on locations around the world by making models and writing reports. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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