Year 3- What makes the Earth angry?
LC5:Who experiences
extreme weather in our
country?
WOW: Introduction to topic:
1) Chn will be shown a range of clips from
tsunamis; volcanoes and hurricanes. We will
discuss each clip/ image and share our ideas as
a class.
2) Chn will be presented with a letter from the
Discovery channel boss David Zaslav. This
letter will briefly explain their assignment is to
create a documentary about ‘What makes the
Earth angry’ for younger children.
3) Chn will be given the opportunity to use Ipads
to research extreme weather and present
them to their peers.
4) Chn will create the layers of the earth using
plasticine and explore how the Earth was
formed.
LC1: What causes a volcano to erupt and
which are the famous volcanoes in the
world?
1) Chn will explore the cross-section of
a volcano in order to explore what
causes a volcano to erupt.
2) Chn will use co-ordinates to place
volcanoes on a map of the world.
LC2: How do volcanoes impact on the lives of
people and why do people choose to live near
them?
1) Chn will explore the impact of a volcanic
eruption and create news presentations
in small groups.
2) Chn will write a non-chronological report
describing the impact of Mount Vesuvius.
LC4: What causes an earthquake (and
a tsunami) and how are they
measured?
1) Chn will watch clips of the
Kobe earthquake and explore
the impact it had.
2) Chn will discover how
earthquakes are measured
and read Richter scales.
3) Chn will watch clips of
tsunamis and discuss the
causes and their destructive
nature.
4) Chn will watch clips and
discuss the impact of the 2011
tsunami in Japan.
5) Chn will explore how they
would feel in a tsunami and
how this may affect them.
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We will discuss what we
consider extreme
weather in the UK and
recall any we have
personally experienced
and how this impacted
our life.
Chn will use Ipads to
research extreme
weather in the UK and
its impact on our
country.
Chn will explore survival
kits/ and instructional
posters and create our
own earthquake survival
kit with accompanying
posters and/or
leaflets.
LC3: How can we recreate an erupting volcano?
1) Chn will sketch a plan of their erupting volcanoes
and explore appropriate materials to use.
2) Chn will plan and write instructions in order to
create their erupting volcano.
3) Chn will create and evaluate their model volcano.
LC6: Which countries have
experienced earthquakes and
tsunamis in your lifetime?
1) Chn will use Ipads to
research countries that
have experienced
earthquakes and
tsunamis in their
lifetime.
2) Chn will create a poster
for an earthquake or
tsunami from their
lifetime and present
these to their peers.
3) The whole class will
then create a timeline of
tsunamis and
earthquakes during
their lifetime.
LC8:
Reflection
Chn will work
in groups to
put together a
documentary
of extreme
weather using
music, drama,
images and
video clips.
LC7: How can we capture a stormy weather
pattern using music, drama and dance?
1) Chn will listen to weather inspired
music and discuss how they interpret
it.
2) Chn will work in groups to compose
their own weather inspired music.
3) Chn will watch and evaluate weather
inspired contemporary dancing.
4) Chn will work in group to capture
their own stormy weather inspired
dance.