Lesson One – Crust, Plates and Mantel
This geography teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how to identify and record some of the causes and effects that earthquakes can have on different landscapes around the world.
The class can practise producing storyboards showing each of the stages that can occur when an earthquake is formed by the movement of tectonic plates in the Earth’s crust.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to identify and record some of the causes and effects that earthquakes can have on different landscapes around the world
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe how and why an earthquake occurs in the world and a template and set of cards to describe and sequence why an earthquake occurs in the world and how it can affect landscapes.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and record the causes and effects that earthquakes can have on landscapes around the world.
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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