Lesson Three – Earthquake News

This geography teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate how to identify and compare some of the different changes that can occur to landscapes in the world that are caused by earthquakes.

The class can practise composing and presenting example news reports describing the impact of an earthquake on a specific location and landscape in the world.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate how to identify and compare some of the different changes that can occur to landscapes in the world that are caused by earthquakes

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe changes that can occur to a landscape following an earthquake and a template to write a report describing some of the special changes that can occur to a location or landscape in the world following an earthquake.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore and compare some of the changes that can occur to a landscape in the world caused by earthquakes.

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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