Suggested levels and retreating Using this website, divide the class into groups. Each glaciers). group researches a negative impact of climate learning objectives: change on either people or the environment. For To investigate the Key example, food security, sea level rise, retreating positive and Eustatic sea level glaciers, water shortages, more extreme weather negative impacts change hazards. The groups present their finding to the rest of climate change. Thermal expansion of the class and then write a summary on each Glacial retreat impact. Crop yields Main activity (option 2 classroom) Teacher to make up several fact cards outlining the impacts of climate change. Students to review and summarise each of the impacts and feedback what they have found to the rest of the class. Plenary A brief evaluation of the impacts, which are positive and negative. Rank the impacts in order of severity. Worst to least impact. Use and 1 lesson Key idea 2.4: 2.4a: Climate of the UK Starter interpretation (1 hour) The UK has a UK today and changes Enquiry question: What is the UK’s climate like? Build up of line graphs distinct climate over the last 1000 a picture from the responses. You could use this link and bar which has years. from the Met Office website: charts changed over showing time. Key Describe temperature change on graphs showing climate Climate cycles past climate changes on different timescales. change. Suggested Climate learning Main activity objectives: You could use this link from the Met Office website: To understand Use a series of maps showing long-term climatic what the UK’s averages over the UK, including max and min climate has been temperatures, sunshine days of rain, total like over the past precipitation, number of days with snow, etc. 1000 years. Students work in groups and focus on different months or climatic variables. The site also has To recognise how information about weather extremes, regional it has changed climates within the UK and explanations of variation.
Suggested learning objectives: To investigate the positive and negative impacts of climate change. levels and retreating glaciers). Key Eustatic sea level change Thermal expansion Glacial retreat Crop yields Using this website, divide the class into groups. Each group researches a negative impact of climate change on either people or the environment. For example, food security, sea level rise, retreating glaciers, water shortages, more extreme weather hazards. The groups present their finding to the rest of the class and then write a summary on each impact. Main activity (option 2 classroom) Teacher to make up several fact cards outlining the impacts of climate change. Students to review and summarise each of the impacts and feedback what they have found to the rest of the class. Plenary A brief evaluation of the impacts, which are positive and negative. Rank the impacts in order of severity. Worst to least impact. 1 lesson (1 hour) Key idea 2.4: The UK has a distinct climate which has changed over time. Suggested learning objectives: To understand what the UK’s climate has been like over the past 1000 years. To recognise how it has changed 2.4a: Climate of the UK today and changes over the last 1000 years. Key Climate cycles Climate UK Use and interpretation of line graphs and bar charts showing climate change. Starter Enquiry question: What is the UK’s climate like? Build up a picture from the responses. You could use this link from the Met Office website: Describe temperature change on graphs showing past climate changes on different timescales. Main activity You could use this link from the Met Office website: Use a series of maps showing long-term climatic averages over the UK, including max and min temperatures, sunshine days of rain, total precipitation, number of days with snow, etc. Students work in groups and focus on different months or climatic variables. The site also has information about weather extremes, regional climates within the UK and explanations of variation.