Investigating the five deadly features of an earthquake

This lesson is designed for KS2 students. It can be taught as a stand alone lesson but is also available as part of two wider units which are available on Teach It Forward:

The presentation investigates the five deadly features of earthquakes including ground shaking, tsunamis, landslides, raising/lowering of land and liquefaction.

It is followed up by an activity which is differentiated four ways:

Easier – Students match pictures of the five features of an earthquake to descriptions.
Medium – Students complete cloze procedure sentences. They then match pictures to each description.
Harder – Students complete cloze procedure sentences. They then match pictures to each description and add a title for each section.
Hardest – Students stick pictures of the five features of an earthquake in their books and write their own description next to each one.

Extension – Can students unscramble the jumbled up earthquake facts?


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2 reviews for Investigating the five deadly features of an earthquake

  1. Paola Jorge

    Very helpful for our volcano unit!

  2. Sally S.

    Great resource, thank you.

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