A Level; Management strategies to protect the global water cycle

The aim of the lesson is to construct PEE paragraphs that could form part of an essay. Included in this lesson are a wide range of strategies from Pickering Beck Flood alleviation scheme to Walker’s Crisp factory to drip irrigation systems. The lesson starts by introducing the key ways in which to manage the water cycle and also by identifying which areas of the world have water scarcity. Next the students discuss how water meters can be used to manage domestic water use. There are two responses one shown as basic answer and a much more thorough answer, as an example of what they are aiming to produce during the lesson. There is a writing frame to remind them how to construct effective PEE paragraphs as well as a suggested list of connectives. The management solutions include forestry techniques, water allocation (domestic, industrial and agricultural) and drainage basin management. There are examples of strategies from LIDCs and ACs. More information is provided than is needed by the students, so they can select the strategies they find most interesting. All resources are included within the PowerPoint. Finally, there is an exam question about global water and carbon cycle management. This has a plan for answering and a model answer with gap fill activity.