Students will be able to describe how our climate has changed over time, why it has changed over time and interpret graphs that link CO2 to temperature to sea-level rise. Then students will identify the natural causes of climate change and the human causes of climate change.
Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics
Task 2: On whiteboards come up with theories about how we know the climate has changed in the past.
Task 3: Using the worksheet, students evaluate which is the most accurate/ best proxy for climate reconstruction and place them in a diamond 9.
Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe how we know our climate is changing through evaluation of proxies.
Task 5: Plenary: What do we think our planet was like during the last Ice Age?
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Students will be able to define what a glacial and interglacial period is along with the conditions of each. They will also interpret graphs to show the glacial/interglacial cycle on Earth and describe the extent of ice during the last Ice Age. Students will then investigate the causes of the Ice Age and how humans survived the conditions.
Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics
Task 2: Students describe the Earth’s climate over the past 450,000 years by interpreting a graph.
Task 3: Using the map of Earth students are to describe the extent of ice during the Ice Age.
Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe the last Ice Age and its effects on Earth, using success criteria.
Task 5: Plenary: Why is our planet not able to enter an Ice Age currently? Would we adapt now to an Ice Age? How would we adapt?
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Students will be able to describe how our climate has changed over time, why it has changed over time and interpret graphs that link CO2 to temperature to sea-level rise. Then students will identify the natural causes of climate change and the human causes of climate change.
Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics
Task 2: Using the graph and information on worksheets, describe how the climate has changed through Earth’s history.
Task 3: Using the graph, describe how CO2 concentrations affect global temperatures and how that affects sea level.
Task 4: Interpret two pie charts on the human causes of climate change and greenhouse gases.
Task 5: Main Task: Students to describe how our climate is changing using success criteria provided
Task 5: Plenary: How do we know our climate is changing, what evidence is there?
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Students will be able to describe what megafauna are, what their adaptations were during the Ice Age and how they came to be extinct.
Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics
Task 2: Using the worksheet students are to describe the features of the animal and explain how its features help to adapt to the conditions of the Ice Age.
Task 3: Make notes about the extinction of the Giant Ground Sloth
Task 4: Main Task: Primary Assessment, describe how our climate has changed. (Sentence starters, PEEL structure provided and Success Criteria)
Task 5: Plenary: Why is our climate temperate when we are on the same latitude as Russia?
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Students will be able to define weather and precipitation along with identifying the climate of the UK. Students will then read through what creates weather and complete challenge tasks for each.
Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics
Task 2: Describe the climate of the UK using the term “Temperate”
Task 3: Using the worksheet, students will read through how each factor affects the weather and then complete challenge tasks.
Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe the weather conditions of the UK.
Task 5: Plenary: What are some of the ways climate change will affect the UK.
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how humans are adapting to a changing climate. Students will define adaptation, learn about the three different types of adaptations then evaluate if adaptation is better than mitigation
Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, using the pictures on screen students must choose which is a mitigation technique, how it works and how it mitigates climate change.
Task 2: Students to write out their definition of adaptation on a whiteboard then the actual definition in their books.
Task 3: Students to watch the video in PowerPoint and make notes about adaptation. Then make notes on the following slides about agricultural adaptation, water supply management and reducing risk from sea-level rise.
Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- Evaluate if we should be mitigating climate change or adapting to it.
Task 5: Plenary - As global citizens are we all doing enough to limit climate change?
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the effects of human-caused climate change and how they impact different areas on the planet. Students will look at food production, migration, holidays and other factors that will be affected by climate change.
Task 1: Starter - 5 Quick Questions- students to recap on previously learnt information.
Task 2: Students to identify the data on the bar and pie chart and identify the amount of greenhouses gases in total emissions and which gas traps the most heat.
Task 3: Students are given an information sheet with the impacts of climate change on the UK and Bangladesh. They are then to sort the impacts into social, economic or environmental impacts.
Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Compare and contrast the possible impacts of climate change on a poorer part of the world with those on a richer part of the world” (6 marks)
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the global atmospheric model, its components and its function along with pressure belts and surface winds and how the Coriolis force affects trade winds and westerlies.
Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning
Task 2: Definition of global atmospheric circulation
Task 3: Complete two exam questions about pressure belts and conditions.
Task 4: Complete GAC sheet.
Task 5: Main Task -Exam question practice “Explain how the global atmospheric system affects the weather and climate at the equator” (4 marks)
Task 6: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how to help countries develop equally.
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on Typhoon Haiyan, the location, case study, primary and secondary effects along with planning, preparation and monitoring.
Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning
Task 2: Students to accurately describe the path of the typhoon.
Task 3: Read through the information sheet and add the effects and responses on their sheet.
Task 4: Main Task - Exam question practice, "Using an example, describe the primary and secondary effects of a tropical storm. (6 marks)
Task 5: Exam Question Practice - "Using an example, describe the short-term responses to a tropical storm (4 marks)
Task 6: Plenary - Explain why planning and preparation is the best option for reducing the effects of tropical storms.
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the human causes of climate change. An introduction to the human-enhanced greenhouse effect, and how the greenhouse gases humans contribute increase this factor unnaturally. Breaks the GHG content into how the world produces emissions.
Task 1: Starter - Five Quick Questions - A quick recap on what students have previously learnt.
Task 2: Students to identify the graph they have previously seen but identify the “hockey-stick” curve.
Task 3: Students glue the sheet in their books and explain the greenhouse effect in 20 words. then look at the two global heat maps and identify countries that are most at risk of rising temperatures.
Task 4: Describe how two human activities can contribute to climate change (4 marks).
Task 5: Main Task - Exam question practice, “Evaluate the extent to which human factors are responsible for climate change. With reference to a named example, evaluate the extent to which you agree with this statement.
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Task 6: Evaluate the extent to which human factors are responsible for climate change.
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the weather of the UK, with background on ocean currents, distance from the equator, altitude and prevailing winds. This will help students to understand the many reasons we have a temperate climate in the UK.
Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning
Task 2: Students to watch a video on why the UK climate varies, and divide the UK into four sections, describing the summer and winter of each section.
Task 3: Explain why convectional rainfall is common in the southeast of England during the summer (4 marks)
Task 4: Read through the sheet and justify which weather condition the UK faces is most impactful and why.
Task 5: Main Task - Exam question practice, “Which extreme weather condition impacts the UK most significantly. Justify your opinion.” (6 marks)
Task 6: Plenary - How can the UK prepare for extreme weather conditions?
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the Beast from the East - an extreme weather event in England in 2018. Students will investigate the location, causes of the storm, the social, economic and environmental impacts along with the short term and long term responses.
Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning
Task 2: Using the images on the screen, come up with what you think caused the Beast from the East.
Task 3: Complete the learning clock with information in the PowerPoint starting with identifying where the beast was affected. Then identify the causes of the storm, next to
the social and economic and environmental factors and finally the long term and short term responses.
Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Suggest how extreme weather in the UK can have economic and social impacts.” "(6 marks)
Task 5: Plenary - How could we have responded to the event better?
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the future of tropical storms and what could potentially happen to people living in these areas. Contains lots of graph analysis for students.
Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning
Task 2: On white boards students to make notes on the video about tropical storms
Task 3: Read through the information on the sheet and analyse the graphs about the future of tropical storms.
Task 4: Main Task - Exam question practice, “Suggest how the distributiion of tropical storms could change in the future if the trend in temperature change continues” (4 marks)
Task 5: Plenary - True or false about formation of tropical storms
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the distribution of tropical storm, a look into how they form, where they form and the conditions surrounding tropical storms
Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning
Task 2: Write a detailed description explaining where tropical storms form (3 marks)
Task 3: Complete description of formation of tropical storms
Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- "Study the map below which shows the path of a tropical storm. With the help of the map, describe the life cycle of a tropical storm. (4 marks)
Task 5: Plenary - Using the information on graph students must infer what tropical storms will be like in the future.
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the natural causes of climate change through Earth’s history.
Task 1: Starter - 5 Quick Questions- students to recap on previously learnt information.
Task 2: Students to write out how temperature has changed through time and make the link to CO2.
Task 3: Students to watch the video in PowerPoint and make notes on the worksheet about the 4 causes of natural climate change.
Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- Complete two exam questions “Using figure 3 which one of the following statements is true” “Give one nature cause of changes in global temperatures”
Task 5: Plenary - Which natural cause of climate change do you think is most impactful and why.
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Students will be able to describe the distribution of population across Russia, using key terms such as dense and sparse to describe the spread. Students will then be able to use human and physical evidence as to why humans are distributed this way.
Starter: True or False
Task 1: Describe the distribution of population density using a map
Task 2: True or False
Task 3: Human and physical factors that affect population
Task 4: Main Task: Explain one physical and one human factor to why Russia’s population is distributed this way.
Task 5: Plenary: Peer assessment- swap books with partner and mark the question.
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In this lesson students will be able to state 4 or more threats to the taiga forest and explain why they are occurring. Then they will understand the social, economical and environmental factors that are involved in deforestation. The final task will be a form of formative assessment where students will bring all their knowledge to complete this.
Task 1: Starter: True or False
Task 2: Identification of different causes of deforestation
Task 3: Advantages and disadvantages of deforestation in the taiga
Task 4: Main Task- “Describe the characteristics of Russia and assess the threat to Russian biomes” (9 marks)
Task 5: Plenary: Tweet about it
Students will understand the location and distribution of Russia’s fuel resources, from this they should explain how Europe receives its energy from Russia. They will be able to investigate the advantages and disadvantages from getting fuel from Russia.
Task 1: Starter: Knowledge recall of previous lessons
Task 2: Key words match up
Task 3: Analyse the pie chart to gain information to complete task
Task 4: Main Task: Evaluate the effects of the Chernobyl disaster (6 marks)
Task 5: Plenary- Pick 5 words from the lesson and write a question about them
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Students during this lesson will be able to accurately describe the characteristics of the taiga forest and its vegetaion. Then will be able to create their own climate graphs that show the taiga. Finally students will be able to identify plants and animals found in the taiga forest and how they have adapted to the conditions.
Task 1: Starter- Knowledge recall
Task 2: Describe the climate of the taiga
Task 3: Create your own climate graph of the taiga
Task 4: Interpret your climate graph
Task 5: Adaptation to climate or lack of sunlight
Task 6: Main Task: Explain how vegetation and animals have adapted to the taiga using named examples.
Task 7: Plenary: Knowledge Noughts and Crosses
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Students will identify different biomes throughout Russia and understand how climate affects the locations of biomes. Students will also be able to describe the vegetation and animals that are located through the biomes of Russia.
Task 1: Starter: Key words match up
Task 2: Describe location of the biomes in Russia
Task 3: Fill in sheet with characteristics of different biomes
Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe what vegetation/ animals they would see throughout their journey.
Task 5: Plenary: Quiz at the end of the lesson to summarise learning.