Weeks 8–9 Case study 1 – Specification content Subject specific Learning outcomes Suggested learning Resources skills development activities (including ref to differentiation and extension activities) Case of a tropical Collect, analyse Describe, explain and evaluate Opportunity for individual, Deforestation and carbon cycles in rainforest setting to and interpret a a number of themes relating to paired or group research the Amazon rainforest: illustrate and analyse key range of qualitative water and climate in the task, using a range of themes in water and carbon and quantitative Amazon tropical rainforest, textual, digital or audiovisual cycles and their relationship data from a range including: resources. Findings could to environmental change of primary and how changes in the and be shared in traditional and human activity. secondary sources carbon cycles have changed classroom approaches or this could include the tropical rainforest shared through a VLE on a Simple introductory clip about the – discursive/creative environment blog for example. and water and carbon. material when the relationships between For a more active learning looking at the hydrology, the carbon cycle Presentation exploring the impacts of approach students could experiences of and the environment land use change on the hydrological research from the point of people in place. how human activity affects cycle in the Brazilian Amazon region: view of different the tropical rainforest. stakeholders. Feedback Describe and evaluate a range could then take the form of Exploring the impacts of climate of strategies employed in the a debate/roleplay or change in the Amazonian tropical Amazon tropical rainforest to construction of SWOT rainforest: reduce the effects of climate analysis in groups. change. Case study 2 Specification content Subject specific Learning outcomes Suggested learning activities Resources skills development (including ref to differentiation and extension activities)
Weeks 8–9 – Case study 1 Specification content Subject specific skills development Learning outcomes Suggested learning activities (including ref to differentiation and extension activities) Resources Case of a tropical rainforest setting to illustrate and analyse key themes in water and carbon cycles and their relationship to environmental change and human activity. Collect, analyse and interpret a range of qualitative and quantitative data from a range of primary and secondary sources – this could include discursive/creative material when looking at the experiences of people in place. Describe, explain and evaluate a number of themes relating to water and climate in the Amazon tropical rainforest, including: how changes in the and carbon cycles have changed the tropical rainforest environment the relationships between hydrology, the carbon cycle and the environment how human activity affects the tropical rainforest. Describe and evaluate a range of strategies employed in the Amazon tropical rainforest to reduce the effects of climate change. Opportunity for individual, paired or group research task, using a range of textual, digital or audiovisual resources. Findings could be shared in traditional classroom approaches or shared through a VLE on a blog for example. For a more active learning approach students could research from the point of view of different stakeholders. Feedback could then take the form of a debate/roleplay or construction of SWOT analysis in groups. Deforestation and carbon cycles in the Amazon rainforest: Simple introductory clip about the and water and carbon. Presentation exploring the impacts of land use change on the hydrological cycle in the Brazilian Amazon region: Exploring the impacts of climate change in the Amazonian tropical rainforest: Case study 2 Specification content Subject specific skills development Learning outcomes Suggested learning activities (including ref to differentiation and extension activities) Resources
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