Extreme Environments L1 - Intro & Extreme Water Management

Topic: Extreme Environments (KS3 level)
Lesson 1 - Introduction to topic and Extreme Water Management
Format: PowerPoint Presentation

This lesson briefly introduces the Extreme Environments topic and then explores the role of Extreme Water Management in creating extreme environments. Areas of discussion include:

• What is a resource?
• Human consumption of water
• Managing water as a resource through the building of dams
• Case study - The Hoover Dam, USA
• Introducing the essential knowledge for students to move on to lesson 2 - The Aral Sea.

Tasks are included throughout the lesson, ranging from written answers to mind maps and paired discussions.

~ Full SOW is available to purchase. It includes:
8 x Extreme Environments lessons
1 x Topic Curriculum Booklet (Containing all the resources for students to use alongside the lessons, plus knowledge organiser, quiz questions and a rich text relevant to the topic).
1 x Knowledge organiser