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Explore Volcanoes In Key Stage 2 With a Virtual Volcano

During Key Stage 2, learning about the landscape and different features is part of the curriculum. Children also learn about how aspects of the landscape are formed. Volcanoes and volcanic activity is a dramatic topic that can really engage and excite children.

This website provides opportunities to explore the Earth and volcanoes virtually. There is information on tectonic plates and where volcanic activity can be found globally. This is supported by an animated globe. Types of volcanoes are explained and a cross section of a volcano provided. 

One of the major highlights on the website is the virtual volcano. This enables children to build their own volcano and watch it erupt. They can change the magma viscosity and

gas content as two factors involved in the shape and explosiveness of a volcano. Children can then watch it erupt with the animation providing labels of the features and their definitions.

This is a resource that children will enjoy using in the classroom and even at home!