Learning objective

  • To explain why volcanoes happen and where they occur.

Success criteria

  • I can explain

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National curriculum

Geography

Locational knowledge

Pupils should

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Quizmaster and use the activity to recap learning from the previous lesson.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

May just match up a few features of each volcano (most importantly, the shape of the sides and the name) and may need labels reading to them. Can research the meanings of active, dormant and extinct but may not find examples (they could write these in when you go through the answers).

 

Pupils working at greater depth

Could use Google Earth to find images of researched volcanoes and may want to research further into the Ring of Fire.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: correctly labelling the features

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Vocabulary definitions

  • composite volcano

    An explosive, steep-sided volcano.

  • shield volcano

    A less-explosive, gently sloping volcano.

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Geography specialist

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