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Lesson Two – World Volcanoes
This geography teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify and describe how to build a database to identify and record the location of some of the different volcanoes on a world map.
The class can use an atlas to find and record the position of different volcanoes in the world according to their matching co-ordinates and location countries.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and describe how to build a database to identify and record the location of some of the different volcanoes on a world map
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe each of the stages in a volcanic eruption and templates to record information about some of the volcanoes that can be found in different locations around the world.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to build a database to identify and record the location of different volcanoes on a world map.
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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