Climate, Environment and People
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Key Idea 1: Contrasting pressure systems and people Pressure Systems SmartBoard diagram
Weather elements Geogatthemovies
Tricellular Model and Pressure Systems SmartBoard diagram
  Weather station symbols symbols key / starter exercise
  Weather maps 1 and 2 paper exercises
  Starter Picture Board
  High and Low Pressure Systems PowerPoint
     
Case Study 1

Name of Weather event: HIGH PRESSURE causing a heatwave

Location: UK wide (and across western Europe)

Date: August 2003 lasting two weeks

  1. What caused the weather event?
  2. How were different groups of people affected?
  3. How was the environment affected?

About two sides of A4 – notes and diagrams. Do not use any ‘cut and paste’ text.

Resource to help:

Word / ICT lesson
  Met. Office notes Met. Office notes
Heatwave 2003 images PowerPoint
Heatwave 2003 - Western Europe Penalty Shoot Out Play ...
Heatwave 2003 Practice Paper  ... then Practice (GCSE)
Heatwave 2003 Interactive Diagram
help from : link direct to Met. Office Notes  
     
  Causes of rainfall Animated gifs from S-Cool Geography
 
Frontal Rainfall



 

Cold and warm front animations from The COMET Program.

 
  Causes of rainfall diagrams Source: geography.learnontheinternet
  Penalty Shoot Out Game
     
  High and Low Pressure Systems PowerPoint
  Weather forecasts DVD 23
  How 'Highs and Lows' affect People Dustbin Game
   

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Case Study 2

Name of Weather event: Low PRESSURE causing a flash flood
Location: Boscastle, north Cornwall

Date: August 2004 lasting one afternoon

  1. What caused the weather event?
  2. How were different groups of people affected?
  3. How was the environment affected?

About two sides of A4 – notes and diagrams. Do not use any ‘cut and paste’ text.

Resource to help:

Word / ICT lesson
  Boscastle - a U.K. rain event August 2004 External link (MetOffice)
  help from : http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/teens/casestudy_boscastle.html External link (MetOffice)
  Boscastle - weather event PowerPoint
  Boscastle - weather event Activity
  Cause of the rain storm SmartBoard diagram
  Test exercise  
  Boscastle Rain Event Hoop Shot
  Boscastle Rain Event Interactive Diagram
     
Case Study 3 Arviat and Tsandi - Comparing climates PowerPoint
Past GCSE question. 2001 Climate graphs Arviat and Tsandi  
  Arviat and Tsandi - Comparing Climates ICT lesson (Word)
  Arviat and Tsandi - Comparing Climates Hot Potato (Close)
     
  Arviat and Tsandi Hot PotatoQuiz (for older browsers)
  Arviat and Tsandi Hot Potato Quiz (for XP)
  Arviat and Tsandi Word Document Quiz
  Himba people PowerPoint to accompany video
  Himba -Case Study case study question
     
Case Study 4a Hurricane formation External link (BBC animation)
  Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans USA August 2005 PowerPoint
  Hurricane Katrina track External link (BBC animation)
  http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/teens/casestudy_katrina.html External link (MetOffice)
  Hurricane Katrina worksheet Word document: past question
  Hurricane Katrina completed Answer
  Hurricane Katrina game Games4Geog
  Hurricane Katrina overview Interactive Diagram
  Human causes of the New Orleans disaster Match-up Quiz
  Natural causes of the New Orleans disaster Match-up Quiz
  Hurricane Katrina - Effects 'En garde' (Be sensitive to content)
     
Case Study 4b Bangladesh cyclone (LEDC) after 1991 PowerPoint
  Bangladesh cyclone - news 1988 BBC audio news report (1988 event)
  Bangladesh cyclone notes SmartBoard image
   

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  Bangladesh cyclone protection measures SmartBoard image
  Bangladesh Cyclone 1991 'En garde'
     
Key Idea 2: Climate Change

 

 

2.1 How does human activity affect climate?  
Urban climates PowerPoint Activities
Urban Climates External Website
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/climate_systems/urban_climate.html
Impact of urban climates Image
Acid Rain Resource 1 Image
  Acid RainResource 2 Image
  Acid Rain Resource 3 Image
  Acid Rain Lucy Lake External Web Link
  Acid Rain research task: ICT
  Question (A1 June 2007) Practice Paper
  2.2 To what extent does human activity influence climate change and global warming?  
  Human activity and Global Warming  
  2.3 What are the social, economic and environmental consequences of climate change?  
  Impacts of Global Warming Image - Mind Map
  Effects of Global Warming on Wales PowerPoint
  Some Impacts of Global Warming in other parts of the World     and part 2 Video - 162
  Some Unexpected Side Effects of Global Warming Daily Telegraph Magazine - image
  What can an Individual Do about Global Warming? Image - Mind Map
  Impacts of Global Warming - below Dustbin Game
   

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notesheet
     
Key Idea 3: Changing Ecosystems

 

Ecosystem Background Knowledge (Word)
BlockBuster BlockBuster
Ecosystem exercise answer Image
  Biomes Image
  Nutrient Cycling Image
  Moorland Food Web Image
  Trophic Pyramid Image
  Ecosystem Worksheet Word document
  Tundra Pyramid Image
  Tundra Foodweb Image
  Hot Desert Pyramid Image
  Hot Desert Foodweb Image
  Moorland Food Web Image
  Moorland Ecosystem Image
  Moorland - Blorenge (BBNP) PowerPoint
  Moorland - Blorenge Notesheet
  Tundra Food Chain Image
  Tundra Food Web Image
  Tundra - Ecosystem PowerPoint
  Tundra Ecosystem Notesheet
  Namib Food Web  
  Source: http://faculty.washington.edu/wgold/BES%20312/The%20Namib%20Fog%20Desert.pdf  
  Further north, in Kaokoland, you will meet with the Himba people. Unfortunately becoming a tourist attraction even though you have to negotiate some serious roads to reach them. The semi-nomadic Himba (from ovaHimba, roughly meaning beggars) are known to ignore the trappings of 'civilization' as can be seen in their dress style. It is said that less than 10% of the Himba have converted to money as a means of trade. http://travel.fotodigi.co.za/namibia/  
     
     
Retired items Weather Quiz Multiple Choice
  Recording the Weather Gapped notesheet (Hot Potato)
  Recording Instruments PowerPoint - images
  Weather Instruments ... Mr. Bond Geogatthemovies
  Mix and Match exercise Template sheet
  Cefn Coed Wood - location Word Document
  Ecosystem Diagram of Cefn Coed Wood Word Document - outline version
  Ecosystem Diagram of Cefn Coed Wood Word Document - completed version
  Cefn Coed Wood - Human Uses Word Document - worksheet
  Cefn Coed Wood - damage Word Document - spider diagram
  Woodland - Nature of Britain Video
  Salcey Forest question Practice paper
  Salcey Forest map Map resource
  Salcey Forest photographs Photograph resources
  Salcey Climate Climate graph
  Salcey visitors Visitor Numbers graph
  Salcey visitor Information Board Information
     
  The Amazon - Location, Climate and Vegetation Notes - web page
  COVER LESSON - LINK  
  The Amazon - food web Notes - web page
  Amazon Food Chain - task PowerPoint
  Amazon Quiz Hot Potato
  Research task / quiz External Link
     
  The Amazon - human exploitation of the ecosystem Notes - web page
Ecosystem as a resource Exploitation of the Amazon K.I. 5 - exercise in Word
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  Gran Carajas Scheme BlockBuster BlockBusters
     
Natural Changes Jungle - plant succession as river meanders K.I.6 - video
Human Changes How modern Exploitation affects the environment K.I. 6 - exercise
     
Sustainability How exploitation affects indigenous peoples K.I.7 video - 3 tribes
     
  Global Warming and The Amazon Notes - web page