Famous Eruptions & Pangaea
Know about famous eruptions and their global effects: Mount St Helens (1980), Eyjafjallajökull (2010), and how large eruptions can affect weather and climate worldwide; understand that continents were once joined (Pangaea) and have slowly drifted apart
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Can your child tell you about a famous volcanic eruption like Mount St Helens and explain how a really big eruption can send so much ash into the sky that it affects weather around the whole world?
Know about famous eruptions and their global effects: Mount St Helens (1980), Eyjafjallajökull (2010), and how large eruptions can affect weather and climate worldwide; understand that continents were once joined (Pangaea) and have slowly drifted apart
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- Describe at least one famous volcanic eruption and its key effects
- Explain how volcanic ash and gases in the atmosphere can cool global temperatures
- State that continents were once joined in a supercontinent and have slowly moved apart over millions of years
“Can your child tell you about a famous volcanic eruption like Mount St Helens and explain how a really big eruption can send so much ash into the sky that it affects weather around the whole world?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Volcanoes & Earthquakes
- Age range
- Ages 9–11