A short primer to allow pupils to think & reflect on the recent storms & floods to hit the UK. The slides were culled from a wider range of resources that I have been creating.
Any feedback, as always, would be really really useful.
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Simon
2. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Key point
135%?
January 2014
3. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
The U.K received
135%
of average rainfall
January 2014
Key point
4. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
The U.K received
Key point
135%
of average rainfall
January 2014
That’s 164.4mm!
5. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Discuss!
How does the
weather
affect our lives?
6. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Discuss!
How does the
weather
affect our lives?
Is it getting more extreme?
What are the causes?
What are the symptons?
7. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Discuss!
How does the
weather
affect our lives?
Is it getting more extreme?
What are the causes?
What are the symptons?
Take a few minutes to think it through!
Now share your experience and talk about it
with someone else for two minutes!
8. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Think!
impact of
What is the
ther?
wea
reme
ext
9. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Think!
impact of
What is the
ther?
wea
reme
ext
it?
it? Can you analyse
lain
ribe it? Can you exp
Can you desc
10. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
How can we reduce the
impact
of extreme weather?
Think!
11. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
How can we reduce the
impact
of extreme weather?
Preparation?
Planning?
Warning?
Think!
12. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
How can we reduce the
impact
of extreme weather?
Preparation?
Planning?
Warning?
Expand & develop each point!
Think!
13. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
How can we reduce the
impact
of extreme weather?
Preparation?
Planning?
Warning?
Expand & develop each point!
Can you link them together?
Think!
14. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
How can we reduce the
impact
of extreme weather?
Preparation?
Planning?
Warning?
Expand & develop each point!
Can you link them together?
Now pair & share!
Think!
15. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
How is coastal flooding caused by
physical factors?
Discuss!
16. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
How is coastal flooding caused by
physical factors?
Can you describe it?
Can you explain it?
Can you analyse it?
Discuss!
17. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
How is coastal flooding caused by
physical factors?
Can you describe it?
Can you explain it?
Can you analyse it?
Discuss!
How did you reach that answer?
Is there another viewpoint?
18. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
How is coastal flooding caused by
physical factors?
Can you describe it?
Can you explain it?
Can you analyse it?
Discuss!
How did you reach that answer?
Is there another viewpoint?
Take a few minutes to think it through!
Now share your experience and talk about it
with someone else for two minutes!
19. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Think!
How is coastal flooding caused by
human factors?
20. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Think!
How is coastal flooding caused by
human factors?
Building on the floodplain?
Deforestation?
21. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Think!
ch po
pand & develop ea
Ex
int!
How is coastal flooding caused by
human factors?
Building on the floodplain?
Deforestation?
22. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Think!
ch po
pand & develop ea
Ex
int!
How is coastal flooding caused by
human factors?
nk them together?
Can you li
Building on the floodplain?
Deforestation?
23. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Think!
How can we manage
this coastline?
24. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Think!
How can we manage
this coastline?
What options are there?
What should we conserve?
Is it sustainable?
25. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Think!
How can we manage
this coastline?
Hard Engineering?
Soft Engineering?
Managed Retreat?
What options are there?
What should we conserve?
Is it sustainable?
26. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Think!
How can we manage
this coastline?
Hard Engineering?
Soft Engineering?
Managed Retreat?
What options are there?
What should we conserve?
Is it sustainable?
Share your ideas with the group!
27. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Think!
Which parts of the UK are most at
flood risk?
28. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Think!
Which parts of the UK are most at
flood risk?
Create a map
to show this!
29. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Think!
Which parts of the UK are most at
flood risk?
Create a map
to show this!
Now share it
with the group
30. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Case Study
w does the
Ho
Isles
itish
Br
roblems?
it’s flood p
cope with
31. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Case Study
Investigate the effects &
responses to a flood
Summarise it in
exactly 200 words
w does the
Ho
Isles
itish
Br
roblems?
it’s flood p
cope with
32. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Case Study
Investigate the effects &
responses to a flood
Summarise it in
exactly 200 words
Now share it with the group
w does the
Ho
Isles
itish
Br
roblems?
it’s flood p
cope with
33. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Discuss!
How can we plan for
future flooding?
34. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Discuss!
What options are there?
Is it sustainable?
How can we plan for
future flooding?
35. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Discuss!
What options are there?
Is it sustainable?
How did you reach that answer?
Is there another viewpoint?
How can we plan for
future flooding?
36. Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Discuss!
What options are there?
Is it sustainable?
How did you reach that answer?
Is there another viewpoint?
Take a few minutes to think it through!
Now share your experience and talk about it
with someone else for two minutes!
How can we plan for
future flooding?
38. Thank
you!
Thinking About
flooding
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