Data and graph outline to enable pupils to draw population pyramids for the UK and India. Also includes some thinking skills activities and a population hexagon sheet for homework. Works well as a cover lesson.

This lesson contains differentiated resources for pupils to understand the significance of factors affecting the damage done in an earthquake. Pupils start by guessing the magnitude of an earthquake from the magnitude and a photo. This is to get them thinking about the role of magnitude in fatalities. Pupils then create a hypothesis to predict the relationship between magnitude and fatalities. There is data and a graph outline (for lower ability pupils) to draw a scatter graph to see what the link is. Pupils then think about the other factors that affect earthquake impacts and create a significance star to show which factors they think are most important. They then write a paragraph to justify their decisions. Lastly there is a post it note based plenary so that you can assess their understanding.

Lesson activities including map work on the location of Nepal, describing the causes of the earthquake from maps and diagrams (support sheet provided for lower ability pupils), a differentiated effects task (higher ability pupils create effects cards after reading news paper articles) including a diamond 9 exercise. Also includes a homework task asking pupils to think about priorities after the earthquake and what should be included in an earthquake kit and why.

An introduction to natural hazards. Includes photo and map interpretation, spider diagram drawing, category sorting, explaining and pie chart drawing.