Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to describe the benefits and disadvantages of living near to a volcano, a shared reading text to identify and describe what it is like to live near to a volcano and a template to write a reply to a letter to investigate and record some of the benefits and disadvantages of living near to a volcano.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to describe and compare the physical features of volcanoes found in different locations around the world.

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.