Lesson Five – Volcanic Eruption

This geography teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to design and produce a model using a range of materials to illustrate the different physical stages that can occur during a volcanic eruption.

The class can write sentences to identify and explain how volcanoes can impact landscapes and populations in different communities around the world.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to design and produce a model using a range of materials to illustrate the different physical stages that can occur during a volcanic eruption

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to describe and sequence the stages that occur during a volcanic eruption and a shared reading text to produce a model of a volcano to explore and illustrate what happens when a volcano begins to erupt.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to illustrate the different stages that can occur during a volcanic eruption.

This lesson is part of a geography scheme of work to get the children to identify, describe and compare the effects that volcanoes can have on different landscapes and populations in communities around the world. 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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