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Lesson Six – Volcano Expedition
This geography teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to describe and compare how a volcano is different from other physical features found around the world by recounting what might happen during an expedition to a volcano.
The class can role-play visiting a volcano and write a recount of their expedition to identify and describe the main features of volcanoes.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to describe and compare how a volcano is different from other physical features found around the world by recounting what might happen during an expedition to a volcano
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe volcanoes and other physical features found around the world, a vocabulary word bank to compare volcanoes with other physical features such as glaciers and waterfalls and a worksheet to complete sentences to describe the physical features of volcanoes found around the world.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore and compare how a volcano is different from other physical features found 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.
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