GCSE 9-1; Climate - Tropical storms characteristics and super typhoon Haiyan

This lesson will give the students the opportunity to learn about the location, causes, measurement and effects of tropical storms. This will be initially general before focusing on super typhoon Haiyan. the lesson starts by introducing the students to what tropical storms are, where they occur and what they are called. To add to the information there are two video clips, one the hurricane song and a second a short information clip about tropical storms. Next the students are introduced to the features of tropical storms and how they are measured. After that the lesson focuses on super typhoon Haiyan which hit the Philippines in 2013. Firstly, there is a skills activity where the students plot the track of the typhoon using longitude and latitude. Next the students are introduced tot he damaging effects through a series of photographs. After that they are asked to classify facts about the causes and effects on a mind map. Finally they are asked to interpret a graph about the frequency of tropical storms and to consider whether or not they are becoming more frequent.