As part of our topic “Natural Disasters” we went to Dynamic Earth to learn more about them.

We had a tour of the gallery and learnt lots of interesting facts.

We had to travel back in time to find out how our planet first started.  This is called the “Big Bang”.

We then experienced what would happen in an earthquake, the floor moved beneath our feet, and how quickly lava would flow. We watched a video about how glaciers helped form the land around us.

After that we learnt more about the first lifeforms on Earth, what an iceberg feels like and animals in the rainforest.

“I learnt that 70% of the Earth is water” Lucy

” I learnt that one of the first reptiles on the planet was a lizard” Rebecca

” I learnt that sabre-tooth cats were hunted and not extinct like the dinosaurs”

In the afternoon we took part in a “shake rattle and roll” workshop. There were lots of activities to do with Natural Disasters. We had to make an earthquake proof building, learn how tsunami are made, sort rocks to see which ones were meteors, make a tornado in a bottle and label/draw different volcanoes.

We had an amazing time and would love to go back again.