Description
Looking for something no-prep or low-prep to teach or review volcanoes to your middle school students? This volcanoes lesson and activity is great for helping your students learn the basics of volcanoes and how they relate to plate tectonics! This is an interactive lesson that focuses on reducing student cognitive load and helping students retain information in their long-term memory!
They are also fun!
This resource includes a print and digital version.
This Volcanoes Lesson/Activity Covers:
- plate tectonics
- lithosphere
- what plates are
- how plates move
- magma and lava
- plate boundaries
- volcano definition and examples
- where volcanoes most often occur
- hot spots
- active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes
- Ring of Fire
- 8 types of volcanoes
- Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI)
- and more!
This Volcanoes Interactive Activities Include:
- drag-and-drop
- KWL
- exploring outside resources
- type in the text box
- and more!
There are 30 slides in all and an answer key is included.
This lesson pairs well with NC Essential Standard: 6.E.2.2
When you purchase this product, you will be given access to a link that will allow you to open the file that is compatible with Google Slides™. You will then be able to share this with your students. If you’d like, there is a PPT version as well!
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