solifluction lobes, landscapes, coming to development of periglacial characteristic landscape of glacial terracettes, valid conclusions. landforms and deposition thermokarst. characteristic periglacial characteristic fluvioglacial Characteristic landscapes, including: landscape. periglacial patterned ground (There is an opportunity to investigate landscapes. ice wedges landforms/ landscapes in the field.) The relationship pingos Opportunity to assess learning with a between process, blockfields of exam style questions. time, landforms solifluction lobes, and landscapes in terracettes glaciated settings: thermokarst. characteristic Explore the relationship glaciated and between process, time, periglacial landforms and landscapes landscapes. in these cold environments. Week 5 Human impacts on cold environments – Specification Subject specific skills Learning outcomes Suggested learning activities Resources content development (including ref to differentiation and extension activities) Concept of Use of key subject Understand and be able to discussion to establish environmental specific and technical analyse the concept of understanding of ‘environmental fragility. Human terminology like fragility’. fragility’ and environments’. – ‘environmental ‘fragile impacts on fragile environment’. ‘fragile Categorise the impacts of Opportunity to research the human cold environments Possible opportunity to humans in cold environments. impacts in cold environments, over time and at a conduct fieldwork to may include: followed by exercise to categorise variety of scales. investigate the impacts global warming such impacts. Recent and of people on cold pollution Opportunity for a group research and prospective impact environments and development of presentation exercise. Each individual/ of climate change. assess management infrastructure group has to research human impacts Management of approaches. economic activity for a particular time and scale. cold environments introduction of Online research. Individuals report back. Impacts for at present and in species. different times and scales are collated. alternative possible futures.
solifluction lobes, terracettes, thermokarst. Characteristic periglacial landscapes. The relationship between process, time, landforms and landscapes in glaciated settings: characteristic glaciated and periglacial landscapes. landscapes, coming to valid conclusions. development of periglacial landforms and characteristic periglacial landscapes, including: patterned ground ice wedges pingos blockfields solifluction lobes, terracettes thermokarst. Explore the relationship between process, time, landforms and landscapes in these cold environments. characteristic landscape of glacial deposition characteristic fluvioglacial landscape. (There is an opportunity to investigate landforms/ landscapes in the field.) Opportunity to assess learning with a of exam style questions. Week 5 – Human impacts on cold environments Specification content Subject specific skills development Learning outcomes Suggested learning activities (including ref to differentiation and extension activities) Resources Concept of environmental fragility. Human impacts on fragile cold environments over time and at a variety of scales. Recent and prospective impact of climate change. Management of cold environments at present and in alternative possible futures. Use of key subject specific and technical terminology – like ‘fragile environment’. Possible opportunity to conduct fieldwork to investigate the impacts of people on cold environments and assess management approaches. Online research. Understand and be able to analyse the concept of ‘environmental fragility’. Categorise the impacts of humans in cold environments. may include: global warming pollution development of infrastructure economic activity introduction of species. discussion to establish understanding of ‘environmental fragility’ and ‘fragile environments’. Opportunity to research the human impacts in cold environments, followed by exercise to categorise such impacts. Opportunity for a group research and presentation exercise. Each individual/ group has to research human impacts for a particular time and scale. Individuals report back. Impacts for different times and scales are collated.
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