What happens when a volcano erupts? Do volcanic eruptions have the same impact in different places?
Objectives Children should learn: to use secondary sources of evidence including ICT to construct a storyboard to identify similarities and differences to communicate accurately in ways appropriate to task and audience to follow the sequence of actions, processes or ideas being described to consider how environments in ‘active zones’ might be managed (higher-attaining pupils) Activities Outcomes Children: Divide the class in two. Ask one half to carry out an investigation into a volcanic eruption in an LEDC, and the other half an investigation into a volcanic eruption in an MEDC, eg MEDC includes Mt Etna or Mt St Helens and LEDC includes Mt Pinatubo or Nevada del Ruiz. Ask them to produce a brochure to inform visitors to the volcanic region about the latest eruption. The brochure should include various features, eg a map showing the location of the volcano within the country, an annotated map of the region locating features of the eruption, a ‘storyboard’ to show the sequence of events
