What is an Earthquake?

 What a great lesson where the children were so engaged and inquisitive about how earthquakes are caused, measured and their impact. To begin the lesson, the children recapped the movements of the tectonic plates from year 3 and then they delved deeper into the Earth’s layers to find out their composition. Using this information the children were introduced to the epi-centre, focus and seismic waves. Finally, they watched live footage of an earthquake in Turkey in 2023. This inspired the children to record what they heard, could see, and any questions about the disaster. A great enquiry lesson. 






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