natural hazards lesson two
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Natural Hazards Lesson TwoTRANSCRIPT
Learning Focus: What is the structure of the earth?
Learning Outcomes
What: Find out about the structure of the earth
How: Create a machine and describe a journey to the earth’s core
Why: To understand the different layers that make up the earth
Watch the video clip about the structure of the earth and write
down:
• The names of the four layers
• Information about each layer Tectonics
Outer core
Crust
Mantle
Inner core
Task: Read the information above and write the key points down next to which layer it is describing.
After looking at each of the layers of the earth you are
going to design a machine to travel to the centre of the
earth.
Read the story to help
you think about what
your machine will need to get through each layer.
Share your design with a partner and explain to them
why the machine is designed in this way.
Think about what we have learnt this lesson in your
explanations!
Learning Focus: What is the structure of the earth?
Learning Outcomes
What: Find out about the structure of the earth
How: Create a machine and describe a journey to the earth’s core
Why: To understand the different layers that make up the earth
Homework
Describe what a journey in your
machine would be like to the centre of
the earth.
Use what you have learnt about each of
the layers to help you.