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Natural Disasters Inquiry Task - Newspaper Report
A natural disaster inquiry task with graphic organiser and newspaper article planning sheet.
Students choose a major natural disaster event that has occurred somewhere in the world during the 20th or 21st century. They then use the graphic organiser and newspaper article planning sheet to help them research this natural disaster event and present their findings as a detailed newspaper article.
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National Curriculum Curriculum alignment
- Key Stage 2 (KS2) – Upper
Key Stage 2 (KS2) - Upper covers students in Year 5 and Year 6.
- Science
The principal focus of science teaching in upper key stage 2 is to enable pupils to develop a deeper understanding of a wide range of scientific ideas. They should do this through exploring and talking about their ideas; asking their own questions ab...
- Earth and space

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