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This movie helps to introduce the topic and give pupils a flavour of things to come. It also helps them to revisit prior learning. To enlarge the video click the tab in the bottom right hand corner.
Read moreThis movie introduces the topic of tectonics at KS4 level by looking at a variety of issues that pupils will study. To enlarge the movie click on the tab in the bottom right hand corner.
Read moreThis presentation introduces the hazards, and looks at the make up of the Earth. It also looks at the distribution of these hazards.
Read moreThis worksheet accompanies the introductory resources. It gets pupils thinking about the distribution of tectonic hazards and the reasons why.
Read moreThis worksheet focuses on the distribution of earthquakes around the world.
Read moreThis flash animation illustrates the motion that occurs at a conservative plate boundary, showing how the movement here can cause earthquakes.
Read moreThis movie provides a more an depth look at earthquakes as a hazard, looking at causes and effects. To play the movie full screen, click the tab in the bottom right hand corner.
Read moreThis presentation introduces earthquakes, looking at everything from causes, to where they occur, to the damage that they cause.
Read moreThis presentation defines earthquakes and looks at the causes, effects and measurement of earthquakes.
Read moreThis worksheet gets pu[pils thinking about the causes and effects of earthquakes, and accompanies the earthquakes movie and presentation nicely.
Read moreIn this worksheet, pupils need to use analyse the link between magnitude and death toll for all of the earthquakes that killed people in 2010. There is also a presentation reminding the pupils of how to construct a scatter graph.
Read moreThis presentation will help pupils with constructing scatter graphs. It includes advice on how to insert a scale break if necessary.
Read moreThis movie focusses on the damage caused in the 1995 Kobe earthquake. It looks at how both the primary and secondary effects caused extensive damage in the city. To enlarge the movie click the tab in the bottom right hand corner.
Read moreThis presentation compares the earthquake that occurred Northridge, California, USA in 1994, with the earthquake that occurred in Bam, Iran in 2003. This should highlight the impact that earthquakes have in LEDCs as opposed to MEDCs. Simply click on the maps and images for more information.
Read moreThis presentation focuses on the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. It includes video footage of the disaster. If your school servers stop the video from running properly, then use the BBC\\\'s coverage as an alternative.
Read moreThis worksheet accompanies the comparing earthquakes presentation, allowing pupils to make their own comparison and draw their own conclusions.
Read moreThis presentation compares the San Francisco earthquake of 1989 with the Haiti earthquake of 2010. Whilst the earthquakes were similar in magnitude their consequences were very different.
Read moreThis movie looks at tsunamis that are caused by undersea earthquakes. It looks at causes, effects, examples and responses. To enlarge the movie click on the tab in the bottom right hand corner.
Read moreThis presentation gets pupils thinking about the way in which MEDCs prepare for the possibility of an earthquake. It asks pupils to think about what they would keep in an earthquake survival bag, and the reasons why.
Read moreThis movie introduces volcanoes and includes USGS footage of eruptions and lava flow. It helps to introduce volcanoes to learners whilst recapping upon their prior learning. To enlarge the video click the tab in the bottom right hand corner.
Read moreThis presentation looks at the internal structure of a volcano. It also looks at different types of volcanoes and the differing states that they can be in.
Read moreThis worksheet accompanies the volcanoes movie and presentation, gets pupils thinking about the dangers that active and dormant volcanoes possess.
Read moreThis presentation introduces volcanoes, their cause, types, effects and impacts.
Read moreThis presentation focusses on Mt Pinatubo\'s eruption in 1991, which was the largest volcanic eruption in over 100 years. It looks at the background before the eruption and then the events that followed.
Read moreThis flash animation illustrates what happens when an acid lava volcano erupts.
Read moreThis flash animation illustrates what happens when a shield lava volcano erupts.
Read moreThis flash animation illustrates what happens when a composite volcano erupts.
Read moreThis short presentation provides pupils with a look at how Mt St Helens appearance would have looked before and after the 1981 eruption.
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