Learning Map
ScienceVolcanoes & Earthquakesusually ages 5–7

What Is a Volcano

Know what a volcano is: an opening in Earth's surface where hot melted rock (lava) comes out

How to tell they’ve got it

Tick these off as you see them — no test required.

🖨 Print this page to keep the checklist — it prints beautifully.

Try this together

If your child sees a picture of a volcano erupting, can they explain that it's an opening in the ground where very hot melted rock comes out?

Where this sits on the map

Stuck here? Check the skills it builds on first. Confident? Here’s what it unlocks.

Builds on
Nothing on the map comes before this — it’s a starting point.
What Is a Volcanothis skill · ages 5–7
Unlocks
Active, Dormant & Extinctages 7–9Classifying volcanoes requires knowing what a volcano is
Earth's Layersages 7–9Understanding layers requires knowing what a volcano is (motivation for internal structure)
Inside a Volcanoages 7–9Internal volcano structure builds on basic volcano knowledge
Pompeii & Vesuviusages 7–9Pompeii story requires understanding what a volcano is and what eruptions do
Ring of Fireages 7–9Mapping volcano patterns requires knowing what volcanoes are
Types of Rockages 7–9Igneous rock concept links to lava cooling from volcanoes

+ 3 more in Volcanoes & Earthquakes →

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

Nearby on the map

Earth Is Made of Rockages 5–7 Earthquake Safetyages 5–7 Fast & Slow Earth Changesages 5–7 Power of Eruptionsages 5–7

All Volcanoes & Earthquakes skills →