atmosphere. The role of numerical and spatial Students to understand the Following discussion and feedbacks within and data. dominance of CO2 in controlling reading students to write an Met Office climate scientist explores the between cycles and their the scale of the greenhouse effect. extended prose exam style idea of Critical questioning link to climate change answer to explain the role of of information, and Students to understand and explain and implications for life carbon and water in the sources of why there is a lag between on Earth. greenhouse effect. Video clip of Met Office climate scientist information. increased emissions of CO2 and any Human interventions in Opportunity for peer exploring the idea of climate feedbacks (9 resulting temperature increase. Evaluating and the carbon cycle designed assessment. mins): presenting findings Students to have a to influence carbon Opportunity for group work from research. understanding of the concept of transfers and mitigate the for students to identify as impacts of climate Ted-Ed video exploring the role of clouds “mitigation”. many mitigation strategies as change. in climate change: All students will be able to identify possible, and to then a of possible human categorise. This information interventions to reduce or prevent once shared could be used to Video looking at the Human Role in climate emissions. Differentiation could be produce a summary Mind change (11 mins): used when getting students to map. identify categories or groupings of An opportunity for a research strategies/approaches eg local, – or individual learning activity Carbon in the USA regional, national, global etc. for students to explore Students to be able to describe and different mitigation Link to the Imperial College Centre for explain in detail a range of specific strategies this learning Carbon Capture and Storage – strategies that are employed to could be shared with the mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. group in a range of ways A lengthy 2005 IPCC report on Carbon Possibly including: including wall display, capture and storage, runs to +400 pages, Carbon Capture and group/individual but the for Policymakers” “Summary Sequestration (CCS) presentation, introduces a range of key ideas with Changing rural land use PowerPoint/Prezi accompanying diagrams: Improved transport presentation, YouTube video, practices. or blog, etc. The UNEP for Climate Change Mitigation, An opportunity to discuss the with links to different sectors including differing views relating to Agriculture and Transport: climate change, and any ethical, moral or IPCC video clips: issues arising. Also to be critical of the sources of data.
atmosphere. The role of feedbacks within and between cycles and their link to climate change and implications for life on Earth. Human interventions in the carbon cycle designed to influence carbon transfers and mitigate the impacts of climate change. numerical and spatial data. Critical questioning of information, and sources of information. Evaluating and presenting findings from research. Students to understand the dominance of CO2 in controlling the scale of the greenhouse effect. Students to understand and explain why there is a lag between increased emissions of CO2 and any resulting temperature increase. Students to have a understanding of the concept of “mitigation”. All students will be able to identify a of possible human interventions to reduce or prevent emissions. Differentiation could be used when getting students to identify categories or groupings of strategies/approaches – eg local, regional, national, global etc. Students to be able to describe and explain in detail a range of specific strategies that are employed to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Possibly including: Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Changing rural land use Improved transport practices. Following discussion and reading students to write an extended prose exam style answer to explain the role of carbon and water in the greenhouse effect. Opportunity for peer assessment. Opportunity for group work for students to identify as many mitigation strategies as possible, and to then categorise. This information once shared could be used to produce a summary Mind map. An opportunity for a research or individual learning activity for students to explore different mitigation strategies – this learning could be shared with the group in a range of ways including wall display, group/individual presentation, PowerPoint/Prezi presentation, YouTube video, or blog, etc. An opportunity to discuss the differing views relating to climate change, and any ethical, moral or issues arising. Also to be critical of the sources of data. Met Office climate scientist explores the idea of Video clip of Met Office climate scientist exploring the idea of climate feedbacks (9 mins): Ted-Ed video exploring the role of clouds in climate change: Video looking at the Human Role in climate change (11 mins): Carbon in the USA Link to the Imperial College Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage A lengthy 2005 IPCC report on Carbon capture and storage, runs to +400 pages, but the “Summary for Policymakers” introduces a range of key ideas with accompanying diagrams: The UNEP for Climate Change Mitigation, with links to different sectors including Agriculture and Transport: IPCC video clips:
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