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.

Lesson Plans

Creating a volcanic eruption

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!

Learning objective:

To understand what happens when a volcano erupts.

Understanding the structure of volcanoes

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!

Learning objective:

To understand the structure of a volcano.

Identifying the location of the world’s volcanoes

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.

Learning objective:

To identify the location of volcanoes across the world.

Understanding 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!

Learning objective:

To understand why volcanoes occur.

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