Tsunamis KS2 lesson plan and worksheet / activity (How a tsunami happens). There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file. You can find more KS2 Geography lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website. Please note: This lesson was updated on 29th August 2022. If you bought it before this date, please download and use the updated files.

an easy go to worksheet for KS3 or KS4 to go along with the Impossible movie about the 2004 Tsunami.

Let’s learn about Tsunamis! These NO PREP materials contain informative exercises about tsunamis. Lots of puzzles and other fun activities are included to make it a fun class. The answers and an answer sheet are included. GOOGLE SLIDES WITH PREMADE TEXTBOXES INCLUDED! Overview: Page 1-2: Introduction to tsunamis Page 3-4: How do they form? Page 5: Notorious tsunamis Page 6: Interesting facts Page 7-8: How to survive a tsunami? Page 9: Word Search Page 10: Reflection Extra: Natural Disaster Puzzles You might also like these worksheets: Blizzards Earthquakes Floods Hurricanes Landslides Tornadoes Volcanic Eruptions Wildfires You can save money by purchasing the bundle! Natural Disasters Bundle Keywords: tsunami, tidal waves, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tides, Ring of Fire, Japan, tectonic plates, coastline, crust, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Tohoku Earthquake, mega waves, wave train, run-up, inundation

Complete lesson covering the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Lesson includes: Do Now Video and questions Printable maps and data to create a choropleth map to help students decide which country was worst hit Decision making activity with 2 options to prevent future tsunamis (printable sheet) Plenary

A case study booklet for the Phillipines - this meets the requirement for the multi-hazardous case study element for the Natural Hazards unit. It gives pupils a structured way to research and develop their case study notes. This is for the AQA A-LEVEL Geography specification. Please see my Coasts case study booklets (available for free) to give you a better idea of the design and structure of the booklets.

Two lessons, the causes, effects and responses of the 2004 indian ocean/boxing day tsunami. Two powerpoints and loads of activities to encourage collaborative learning.

Case study lesson on the causes, impacts and responses to the Tsunami in Japan,

This is a KS3 lesson on the mercalli scale and the magnitude scale (richter scale) however, it is appropriate for a GCSE group as well. Key facts about the lesson are: 1. The content covered by the lesson are; description and use of seismometers, descriptions of the mercalli scale and the magnitude (richter) scale, comparison of damage done by earthquakes of similar size. 2. Learning resources used in the lesson are; keyword matching task, images, video clips, sketching task and a writing task. 3. Differentiation used in the lesson are: challenge tasks and differentiated information sheets. 4.The lesson is planned in detail and all the resources for teaching the lesson are included in the ppt; starter, learning activities with resources, clear outline of learning tasks and a plenary. Just download and teach!

3 part lessons series originally designed for the KS3 module Natural Hazards. Lesson sequence: 1 - Tsunami 2 - Japanese Tsunami 3 - Tsunami documentary For more resources visit This is Geography. Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas. As well as over 200 lessons for KS3 and KS2. Want something bespoke designing? Email us for further details info@thisisgeography.co.uk

This 15-lesson unit has been used successfully with Year 8 but could easily be used with a Year 7 or Year 9 group. It explores the tectonics and hazards and is a great topic for gaining conceptual knowledge ahead of GCSE with any of the exam boards. Students found this unit to be fun and interesting and the resource allows a great deal of flexibility in how aspects are taught and a structured way of representing the information. This resource is particularly suitable to SEN learners or for students who need to complete independent work. Alternatively, the booklet is a great resource to use for cover lessons. Our school uses ‘Challenge’, ‘Big Challenge’, and ‘Super Challenge’ to identify different levels of challenge and these are represented as : C, BC and SC in the booklet. Downloading the ‘Geography lessons and tasks overview’ spreadsheet will enable you to change the overview images should you require to do so (or simply delete them). As a department, we moved to directly completing work in booklets which I created as Head of Department instead of exercise books. This approach was a result of student voice and a change in departmental direction. We have found the booklet approach to be highly beneficial for a wide range of reasons, for example; student outcomes, ease of marking, engagement in tasks from the beginning of the lesson, easily setting starting points, AfL etc. The booklets have been very well-received by students and acknowledged as excellent practice by SLT and during an Ofsted inspection in 2018. The creation of each booklet took me a lot of time, as did the overview spreadsheet and both can be easily changed to meet the needs of your school / department. All other booklets I have created have a similar structure and wide range of tasks and very reasonably priced. The GCSE ones and some tasks in the KS3 booklets go well with the Pocket Posters Revision Guides and we bought every GCSE student one of these as well as class sets to enable them to develop independent learning habits. They are very cheap and found at: https://www.daydreameducation.co.uk/products/revision-guides-pocket-posters?subject=42

The Impossible Movie - Case Study This engaging resource helps students understand the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004. The A3 worksheet is designed to be a case study on a page and is split into: Location Causes Impacts Responses Watching the film is optional but very enjoyable for the students. We hope that your students LOVE this resource and hope that this helps them to become well rounded Geographers who are inspired to learn more about our AMAZING world. Enjoy!

This is a revision lesson I’ve created to revise the 3 topics: The Challenge of Natural Hazards, The Living World and Physical Landscapes of the UK. It is tailored towards the sub-topics that we have selected as a school, which are ‘Tropical Rainforests’ and ‘Hot Deserts’ in the Living World topic and ‘Coasts’ and ‘Rivers’ in the Physical Landscapes of the UK topic. The lesson is designed to be delivered in 1 hour, with a starter which recaps a little from each topic, and then 3 packs of tasks which are split up on different tables. Students will have 15 minutes to complete the activities in each pack, before a plenary to discuss how prepared they are for their exam. The packs contain a range of tasks including exam questions, marking exam questions, card sorts with key words and exploring photographs they have been given. All of the resources are hidden slides in the powerpoint. Please note, this lesson follows the same format at the ‘GCSE AQA Paper 2 Revision: Human’ lesson. The tasks are different, but you may be interested in purchasing this lesson if you find ‘GCSE AQA Paper 1 Revision: Physical’ works well.

There’s A Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom Whole Book Comprehension Resource Pack This pack includes Comprehension questions for all chapters of There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar Relevant ’ Stretch’ Writing tasks appropriate to the chapter

An excellent revision resource to engage students with targeted revision questions, rather than note taking. Students have the choice of 24 tasks - a mixture of diagrams, activities and questions. Questions range from AO1 to AO4 complete with suggested exam tariffs. Used with WJEC/EDUQAS A but easily adaptable and usable with other courses that focus on tectonic features, hazards and vulnerability.

Everything you will (probably) need in the classroom to know about Tsunamis. A 46 slide Power point on the subject - I was researching the topic for my Yr10's & also my IB2s (probably got a bit carried away). By cutting out the relevant bits, this could easily be adapted to form the basis of any KS3, 4 or 5 lesson on the topic.

Worksheet on the formation of tsunamis, with a short reading piece on 2004 tsunami

This is a sequencing activity that asks the pupils to place in order the events that lead up to and follow a tsunami. It was a little bit of a challenge for the less able so I made the whole class do this activity in pairs and we watched a short video clip first to help the pupils understand the processes involved before starting. Activity worked well.

AQA GCSE Geography 2016 An introduction to the topic, all resources fully integrated into the PowerPoint. Activities include concept mapping and exam style questions.