Rocks, Relics & Rumbles | Year 3 Geography Bundle

A complete, ready-to-teach Year 3 Geography unit on natural disasters — volcanoes, earthquakes and Pompeii. Developed and refined over multiple years of classroom use, every lesson includes a PowerPoint presentation, pupil worksheets and a full topic planning document.

Pupils will explore the Earth’s layers, learn how volcanoes form and erupt, locate volcanoes using the Ring of Fire, research famous volcanic eruptions, study earthquakes and the Richter Scale, and finish with an immersive Pompeii carousel activity.

What’s included (31 files across 8 lessons):

• Lesson 1 – Introduction: KWL worksheet and vocabulary focus
• • Lesson 2 – Earth’s Layers: cut & label diagram, gap-fill worksheet and display diagram
• • Lesson 3 – How Volcanoes Erupt: PPT + sequencing and labelling worksheet
• • Lesson 4 – The Ring of Fire: atlas map activity and instructions sheet
• • Lesson 5 – Dangerous Volcanoes: PPT + research worksheet on famous volcanoes
• • Lesson 6 – Earthquakes: PPT + vocabulary matching and labelling worksheet
• • Lesson 7 – Earthquake Damage & the Richter Scale: cloze activity and image ordering task
• • Lesson 8 – Pompeii Carousel: PPT, carousel worksheet and 4 printed info stations
• • BONUS: Volcano Research Poster task (instructions and example)
• • Full Topic Planning Document with learning outcomes and lesson outlines
• • Promethean Active Inspire flipchart files for lessons 1–7 (requires Active Inspire software)

Curriculum Links (KS2 Geography):

• Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including volcanoes and earthquakes
• • Use maps, atlases and globes to locate countries and describe features such as the Ring of Fire
• • Use geographical vocabulary to refer to physical features and processes
• • Understand how human activity can be affected by physical processes

All files are in editable Word/PowerPoint format so you can adapt them to your class. Suitable for mixed-ability Year 3. Some individual resources from this unit are also available separately in this shop.