This lesson is designed for KS2 students and is a great introduction to any volcanoes or earthquakes topic. It can be taught as a stand alone lesson but is also available as part of three wider units, all of which are available on TES:
-Volcanoes
-Earthquakes
-Volcanoes & Earthquakes
The presentation investigates the structure of the Earth and looks into the basic composition of the inner core, outer core, mantle and crust.
Students then complete an activity which is differentiated three ways:
Easier – Students label layers of the Earth and complete cloze procedure paragraph (6 gaps).
Medium – Students label layers of the Earth and complete cloze procedure paragraph (10 gaps).
Harder – Students label layers of the Earth – including drawing arrows – and complete cloze procedure paragraph (10 gaps).
Extension – Students think about what they would like to find out about volcanoes or earthquakes or both, depending on which topic you are doing.
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Volcanoes - KS2
**Volcanoes** 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](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/volcanoes-ks2-planning-overview-12181290). Lessons include: **L1** – Understanding the structure of the Earth **L2** – Investigating the structure of a volcano (FREE) **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? Each lesson includes a presentation and differentiated activities/worksheets. A FREE [newspaper report template](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/newspaper-report-template-12229391) is also included in this unit. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.
Earthquakes - KS2
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](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/earthquakes-ks2-planning-overview-12199501). Lessons include: **L1** – Understanding the structure of the Earth **L2** – Understanding tectonic plates **L3** – Understanding the causes of earthquakes **L4** – Investigating the five deadly features of an earthquake **L5** – Researching earthquakes using Wikipedia **L6** – Locating the world’s biggest earthquakes using latitude & longitude **L7** – Writing a fact file about a famous earthquake Each lesson includes a presentation and differentiated activities/worksheets. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.
Volcanoes & Earthquakes - KS2
**Volcanoes & Earthquakes** is an exciting extended Geography unit designed for students in KS2. The planning overview, topic title page and vocabulary page can be downloaded for free [here](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/volcanoes-and-earthquakes-ks2-planning-overview-12206798). Lessons include: **L1** – Understanding the structure of the Earth **L2** – Investigating the structure of a volcano (FREE) **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 earthquakes using Wikipedia **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](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/newspaper-report-template-12229391) is also included in this unit. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.
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