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KS2 - Volcanoes

Teach your KS2 volcanoes topic outdoors with these practical and engaging outdoor lessons. Your children will play geography based games, get hands-on with nature and create some of their own awe and wonder moments in this unit that covers the key aspects of volcanoes and helps children to understand more about these physical geography features.

Creating a volcanic eruption

LO: To understand what happens when a volcano erupts.

During this outdoor lesson your children will be introduced to what volcanoes are and how they erupt through a fun and messy activity that will inspire them to learn more about these physical features, and will be a great start to your topic!

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Understanding the structure of volcanoes

LO: To understand the structure of a volcano. 

The main activity of this outdoor lesson utilises natural materials to display understanding of the key aspects of volcanoes. You’ll only need your outdoor space and some everyday classroom equipment to deliver this exciting lesson!

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Identifying the location of the world’s volcanoes

LO: To identify the location of volcanoes across the world.

Deepen your children’s understanding of world geography by combining locational knowledge with physical geography. Within this outdoor lesson, your children will work large-scale to spot patterns in the world’s volcanoes locations.

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Understanding why volcanoes occur

LO: To understand why volcanoes occur.

Deliver a hands-on outdoor lesson that teaches your children about the key aspects of the different types of volcanoes. Your children will work together to combine their reading skills with practical application and get muddy during this main activity!

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Mrs Davies

Amazing resources which have really helped our school be more confident in using the outdoor space to enhance the children's learning. Great, fun, easy to follow lesson plans, which link directly to the key objectives!

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Karyn Weglarz

I am a member of the Planning Hub and I love the variety of lessons provided. Most lessons need only simple materials that I usually already have on hand. I love taking my students out with these lessons.

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