Handling primary and Understand that the way Opportunity to practice extended secondary sources of different groups of people have prose exam questions to assess the on climate change in the Arctic information. used/interacted with different changing nature of human impacts cold environments has over time. UNESCO report on To use a range of GIS different levels of impact, in the including climate Q&A/discussion to assess context of: change models and understanding of the natural vs human different times historically, – remotely sensed data. enhanced climate change. present, future Antarctic and Southern Construct and interpret Opportunity to research current different cold environments Coalition a range of graphical observable impacts of climate change different scales local, – and statistical in cold environments, followed by regional, national, techniques. research into predicted future impacts. international. Findings could be shared using a Information on the future Understand current and future display or electronic presentation sustainability of Antarctica issues relating to natural and shared via a VLE. enhanced climate change. In For a chosen cold environment terms of: (possibly Antarctica) students to study causes natural vs human – resources about current and future impacts observable, – management strategies. Followed by predicted and now an exercise to assess the success or occurring, predicted future otherwise of such strategies. change. Opportunity for Q&A/group discussion/ Understand that just as role play/debate about the views of are a variety of cold different stakeholders involved in the environments there is variety in future management of cold the way they are managed. environments. (Possible link here to the idea of Commons’ and ‘Global Opportunity to use a range of styles students could assess the and tariffs of exam style questions to present management of assess learning. Antarctica). Understand there are alternative viewpoints about future management strategies for cold environments. Antarctica could serve as an illustrative example.
Handling primary and secondary sources of information. To use a range of GIS including climate change models and remotely sensed data. Construct and interpret a range of graphical and statistical techniques. Understand that the way different groups of people have used/interacted with different cold environments has different levels of impact, in the context of: different times – historically, present, future different cold environments different scales – local, regional, national, international. Understand current and future issues relating to natural and enhanced climate change. In terms of: causes – natural vs human impacts – observable, predicted and now occurring, predicted future change. Understand that just as are a variety of cold environments there is variety in the way they are managed. (Possible link here to the idea of ‘Global Commons’ and students could assess the present management of Antarctica). Understand there are alternative viewpoints about future management strategies for cold environments. Antarctica could serve as an illustrative example. Opportunity to practice extended prose exam questions to assess the changing nature of human impacts over time. Q&A/discussion to assess understanding of the natural vs human enhanced climate change. Opportunity to research current observable impacts of climate change in cold environments, followed by research into predicted future impacts. Findings could be shared using a display or electronic presentation shared via a VLE. For a chosen cold environment (possibly Antarctica) students to study resources about current and future management strategies. Followed by an exercise to assess the success or otherwise of such strategies. Opportunity for Q&A/group discussion/ role play/debate about the views of different stakeholders involved in the future management of cold environments. Opportunity to use a range of styles and tariffs of exam style questions to assess learning. on climate change in the Arctic UNESCO report on Antarctic and Southern Coalition Information on the future sustainability of Antarctica
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