How are mountains formed?

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Mountains, Rivers and Coasts Mountains - what are they?

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Objectives

Geography

To describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including mountains and volcanoes.

Lesson Planning

Discover how mountain ranges are formed and begin to understand the composition of the earth.

Teaching Outcomes:

To begin to understand how the mountain ranges of the world were formed
To understand the composition of the earth: crust, mantle and core.

Children will:

Understand that mountains are formed in a number of ways.
Know that the Earth’s crust is made of plates.
Begin to consider how the land on the Earth has changed over time.
Understand that volcanoes are a type of mountain & study how they are formed.
Begin to understand the composition of the earth – crust, mantle & core..

Planning

Provided Resources

How are mountains formed?
Earth cross-section

You Will Need

A globe or atlas
5 hard-boiled eggs (with the shells still on)

Weblinks

There are no weblinks needed for this session.