Figure out what today’s lesson is about by discussing these pictures on your tables. Use the first three letters of each word that describes the

picture.

Vul – Can – Owws!

ENTER YOUR TEXT HEREWhere do Volcanoes Occur?

Describe in detail how the global distribution of volcanoes links to tectonic plate boundaries.

Map the global distribution (where volcanoes are found around the world) accurately.

Where are Volcanoes found around the world?

Main Task1. Add onto your world map the location of volcanoes

round the world. Colour the volcanoes in red.

2. Using the index in an back of your atlas, find and label the following volcanoes: Mt St Helens, Mt Fuji, Mt Pinatubo and Krakatoa.

3. Title your map: A map to show the global location of

volcanoes.

Aspire task: Write a description comparing the location of volcanoes to the location of plate margins. HINT: Put your map next to the tectonic plates map.

Plenary:

• Watch the following clip, giving it your full attention, you will be asked afterwards what you learnt from it, or what you already knew from the lesson that was re-capped.

Resources below

• Atlas 1 between 2• Blank world maps – 1 each• Colouring pencils• Tectonic plate map

Global Volcano Distribution