Stand at the edge of an erupting volcano. Students experience Earth's most powerful geological forces through immersive VR — witnessing eruptions, exploring tectonic plates and understanding the science behind volcanoes and earthquakes. Too dangerous to visit. Perfect for VR.
The Volcanoes & Earthquakes VR workshop puts students in places that would be far too dangerous to visit. Children stand at the rim of an erupting volcano, go inside the magma chamber, and see how the tectonic plates beneath our feet push together to cause earthquakes. It's geology that students never forget.
Year 3 students connect to the Rocks curriculum — understanding how volcanic rock forms and how different rock types are created. Year 4 students explore plate tectonics, earthquake patterns and the Ring of Fire. Every session is delivered in immersive VR, from inside the volcano to the shifting plates beneath it.
Book a full-day visit and choose a different VR topic for every year group — making it super specific to each class's curriculum and exceptional value for money.
Each session includes a Virtual Reality segment where students are transported into immersive environments. Using class sets of VR headsets, children explore 360° recreations of scientific environments — from standing on melting ice caps to walking among dinosaurs.
Discover the raw power of Earth's 1,500+ active volcanoes. Students see how lava at around 1,200°C escapes through openings in the crust, how ash clouds spread on the wind, and why most volcanoes sit along the Ring of Fire.
VR SceneFind out why the ground beneath our feet is always moving. Earth's surface is made of giant plates, like a cracked eggshell. When they push and bump into each other the ground shakes — and that is an earthquake.
VR SceneGo underground to the magma chamber, where heat and pressure build until the volcano erupts. Students follow the magma up through the main vent to the surface.
VR SceneWeigh up the dangers and the surprising benefits of living near a volcano — from lava, ash and hot gases to some of the richest farming soil on Earth. Students see how scientists monitor volcanoes to keep people safe.
VR SceneCompare the three main types. Composite volcanoes are tall and steep with explosive eruptions, shield volcanoes are wide and flat with gentle lava flows, and cinder cones are small, steep hills. The shape tells us how they erupt.
VR SceneVisit eruptions that changed history — Mount Vesuvius, which buried Pompeii in AD 79, Krakatoa, whose 1883 eruption was heard 4,800 km away, and Mount Etna in Italy.
VR SceneStudents understand how volcanoes form and erupt, and what causes earthquakes.
Students can identify igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and explain how they form.
Students understand that Earth's surface is made up of moving plates that cause geological events.
Students can identify global patterns in volcanic and seismic activity and explain why they occur.
Up to 4 sessions
Up to 6 sessions
Sessions run 45–50 minutes. We're flexible — we'll work around your timetable.
Schools love combining Science and History VR — giving students a full spectrum of immersive learning in a single day.
View History Workshops →British Science Week 2027 falls 5–14 March. Our hub for primary schools has activity ideas by year group, a free assembly script and a planning timeline.
British Science Week 2027 resources for primary schools →