Year 4 have enjoyed the start of their Geography topic this half term, all about mountains.
To begin with, we have learned about how the structure of the Earth affects its features. Using pieces of paper, they demonstrated how the Earth’s tectonic plates can move in different ways to create mountains and volcanoes, and cause earthquakes. To help consolidate learning about the four different types of mountain, the children took part in a practical demonstration of how each type is formed. They used large sheets of paper to demonstrate the formation of fold mountains, which result from tectonic plates moving towards each other. They broke up chocolate fingers to show how fault-block mountains are formed by the cracking of the Earth’s crust. A balloon was inflated under a piece of fabric to show how dome mountains are formed by the Earth’s liquid mantle pushing up the Earth’s crust.
Finally, the most anticipated demonstration was an erupting volcano!
The greatest challenge was not eating the chocolate fingers until we had finished!
