Volcanoes & Earthquakes is an exciting Geography unit designed for students in KS2.
The planning overview, topic title page and vocabulary page can be downloaded for free here. Lessons include:
L1 – Understanding the structure of the Earth
L2 – Investigating the structure of a volcano
L3 – Locating the world’s famous volcanoes
L4 – Investigating the five deadly features of a volcanic eruption
L5 – Understanding tectonic plates
L6 – Exploring the effects of volcanic eruptions on Montserrat
L7 – Why do people live near volcanoes?
L8 – Understanding the causes of earthquakes
L9 – Investigating the five deadly features of an earthquake
L10 – Researching the world’s biggest earthquakes
L11 – Locating the world’s biggest earthquakes using latitude & longitude
L12 – Writing a fact file about a famous earthquake
Each lesson includes a presentation and differentiated activities/worksheets.
A FREE newspaper report template is also included in this unit.
If you like this resource, please review it. We will happily send you a free resource of your choice in return for useful feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.
Sophie Cook –
I downloaded this bundle for my Year 3 geography unit and has save many me many hours of work! The worksheets are suitably differentiated for different year groups and the PowerPoints are thorough with great images. All work links clearly to the NC and for £7 it is a bargain! I will be looking through his other units next time I plan! Thanks again, Sophie
Brenda Buman –
Extremely satisfied!
Maxine Al Agouri –
Brought this recently for my Year 3 class as I wanted something which was engaging, well sequenced and fully meets the NC objective. I wasn’t disappointed. The children have really enjoyed the lessons so far and have learnt lots. The best aspect of all this though has to be the time it has saved me doing this for myself.
Thanks for the resources. I’m looking forward to finishing the unit with the children.
Lucy Smith –
Really great resource, some of the files don’t work but they appear twice in each folder which is great!
Ed Bray –
Hi Lucy! Thank you for the lovely review. We’re concerned to hear that some of the files aren’t working in this unit. Is there any chance you could send us a screenshot of the files in Windows Explorer so we can address this issue? If possible, could you send this to ed@teachitforward.co.uk? It would be most appreciated! Ed, Teach It Forward
Annette B. –
Really comprehensive ideas with a great set of resources for teaching the subject
Emily –
Great resources for KS2 with great adaptations.
Anonymous –
Really liked the use unit and particularly the resource using lines of longitude and latitude.
Anonymous –
Good value for money. Good quality resources. Clear learning objectives.