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Volcanoes and Earthquakes. We have had a great start to the topic with some children already demonstrating excellent prior knowledge. After learning that it wouldn’t be possible to dig right through the Earth’s crust to the hotter mantle and even hotter core, we learnt about how a volcano occurs. The children are working hard to record their geographical awareness in their books through diagrams and short explanations.
Our Volcano Diagrams
We located some of the world’s most deadly volcanoes using Digimaps and atlases, then plotted them on our own world map. A challenging activity. Well done 3K!
We found out about the disadvantages and advantages of living near a volcano. We looked at Mount Etna as a case study. For example, although there is a risk of danger if the volcano erupts, we know that the soil near a volcano is very fertile and good for growing crops.
We discovered that the Earth’s crust is split into pieces a bit like a jigsaw puzzle. We imagined this orange was the Earth and the peel was the crust floating on the hotter mantle beneath. Each piece is called a tectonic plate and is very slowly moving. Where the plates rub together is where earthquakes occur.
We then created our own world map plotting the tectonic plates and labelled each piece. It was a bit like solving a jigsaw puzzle.
