The document describes the Montserrat eruption volcanic case study that students will be learning about. It includes the learning objectives to describe the causes, effects and responses to the volcanic eruption and to interpret text. Students will read information on the Montserrat eruption, highlight key details in their reading, complete a fact file, and answer practice questions.

1. The Montserrat Eruption
• Learning Objectives.
• To be able to describe the causes, effects and responses to a
volcanic eruption.
• To be able to interpret text.

2. Feedback 5!!!
• Read the feedback you have been given.
• Take action!!
• Using your green pens, make the
suggested changes to your work.

3. Draw a labelled sketch to show the characteristics of this volcano.
(3 marks)

4. Check your answers
• Swap with another pair. Look at their
work, would you change any of it?
• Have they got anything that you didn’t
think of?
• Give the work back, alter your own work
if you need to.

5. Mark your work
• 1 mark for drawing sketch – shape should
resemble that in Figure 1.
• 2×1 for labelling clear features of the volcano,
such as crater, rim of crater,
steep sides, cone shape, ash/loose material
on sides, ridges on sides.
• Arrows must connect to feature labelled or
labels written on top of feature.

6. Monserrat
Use the atlas to locate Montserrat.
Which tectonic plate is it found on?
Why do you think there is a volcano on this
island? (use your tectonic plate map to help)

7. Montserrat
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtvt_2E4L7Q
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRRCysLUde8&feat
ure=fvwrel
• Lets watch these two clips of the
Volcanic eruption we are going to
study.
• Note down all the effects that you
can see on your whiteboards.

8. What Happened?
You will be using your reading skills to research
information on what happened to Montserrat.
Read the GeoActive article you have been given.
Use colours to highlight information in the
following areas:
- Facts about the eruptions
- Causes of the eruption
- Primary effects
- Secondary effects
- Short term responses
- Long term responses

9. Fact File
• Use the information you have
researched to complete the fact file
about the Montserrat volcano.

10. Practise Question
• Use a case study to describe the
responses to a volcanic eruption.
• (8 marks)

11. Plenary.
• Write headline for a newspaper to
summarise this eruption.