Grades 4–5
Earth’s Moving Plates
Fill in six sentences about plates, earthquakes, mountains and the Ring of Fire, then answer two questions.
Science worksheet · Volcanoes and earthquakes
Earthquake Safety
Color the safe choices and put an X on the unsafe ones, then find the safest spot in your classroom.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–4
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Earth’s plates
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- When the ground shakes: Drop to your hands and knees, Cover your head and neck, and Hold On until the shaking stops.
- Color the safe choices. Put an X on the unsafe ones.
- Where is the safest place in your classroom to drop, cover and hold on?
Words on this sheet
shakesand neckdeskwindows
Teacher tip
Practice drop, cover and hold on right after the sheet.
How to use it
- Show a cut-away picture of a volcano.
- Practice drop, cover and hold on before the safety sheet.
- Start with a two-minute “I notice, I wonder” talk about the picture on the sheet.
Watch for
Magma is underground; lava is the same rock once it comes out.
Talk about it
- Where do volcanoes happen and why?
- What evidence helped you choose your answer?
Take it further
Make a model volcano and label its parts.
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