Areas on the fringe of Causes of desertification: 2 1st hour hot deserts are at risk climate change Give students a range of examples, population growth of desertification. causes and strategies as removal of fuel wood cards/images/small pieces of text. overgrazing over-cultivation and Sort/classify into causes and soil erosion. strategies. Strategies used to reduce the 2nd hour risk of desertification: water and soil Write up into a flow diagram management, tree planting and use Problem Cause Solution of appropriate Illustrated with examples. technology. 3.1.2.4 Cold environments Key idea Specification content Suggested Case studies/examples Learning activity and resources timing (hours) Cold environments The physical characteristics of 3 Teach this after the TRF section has been (polar and tundra) a cold environment. completed. Then having looked at the have a range of characteristics of a TRF, use climate The interdependence of distinctive detectives activity. Give students cold climate, permafrost, soils, characteristics. environment plants and animals and ask plants, animals and people. them to reverse engineer/deduce what the ecosystems’ characteristics must be like. Give How animals adapt to the physical conditions. categories of climate, soil, water etc and blank climate graph, map etc. What would
Areas on the fringe of hot deserts are at risk of desertification. Causes of desertification: climate change population growth removal of fuel wood overgrazing over-cultivation and soil erosion. Strategies used to reduce the risk of desertification: water and soil management, tree planting and use of appropriate technology. 2 1st hour Give students a range of examples, causes and strategies as cards/images/small pieces of text. Sort/classify into causes and strategies. 2nd hour Write up into a flow diagram Problem Cause Solution Illustrated with examples. 3.1.2.4 Cold environments Key idea Specification content Suggested timing (hours) Case studies/examples Learning activity and resources Cold environments (polar and tundra) have a range of distinctive characteristics. The physical characteristics of a cold environment. The interdependence of climate, permafrost, soils, plants, animals and people. How animals adapt to the physical conditions. 3 Teach this after the TRF section has been completed. Then having looked at the characteristics of a TRF, use climate detectives activity. Give students cold environment plants and animals and ask them to reverse engineer/deduce what the ecosystems’ characteristics must be like. Give categories of climate, soil, water etc and blank climate graph, map etc. What would