Weather Hazards & Climate Change
Overview
Studying global atmospheric circulation, tropical storms, UK weather hazards and their impacts. We then learn the causes of Climate change and how we could respond to its effects.
Example Key Words - Weather Hazards
Low Pressure
air rising
High pressure
air falling
Coriolis
force of the earth’s spin
Storm Surge
water being picked up by a tropical storm and thrown onto land
Cumulonimbus
A large cloud which forms a tropical storm
Eye
centre of a tropical storm
Fundamental British values
Rule of law – looking at how different countries respond to natural hazards and what plans they have in place for people to follow.
Cultural Capital
This gives students the opportunity to discover the mechanisms behind the worlds climate and weather patterns and allows them to see the world from a different perspective.
UN Rights of the Child
25 – social security
27 – adequate standard of living
28 – right to education
39 – recovery from trauma and reintegration
Example Key Words - Climate Change
Holocene
The last ice age
Quaternary
Period of time that we currently live in
Interglacial
Warm period of time
Glacial
Cold period of time
Milankovitch Cycles
the changes in the earths orbit around the sun
Fossil Fuels
Coal, oil and gas – finite resources
Fundamental British values
Individual liberty – people use their freedom to make decisions that sometime cause there to be a negative affect on the climate
Mutual respect – we look at how we can respect different cultures and countries who are developing and see how developed nations can take responsibility for their carbon output and protect the poorest communities in our world.
Cultural Capital
This topic is vital for students as this is one of the biggest debates in current society. Students will be able to look at research and argue which position they hold on the causes and the best way to adapt or mitigate in response to our changing world.
UN Rights of the Child
17 – access to information from the media
20 – children unable to live with their family
23 – children with a disability
24 – health and health services
External Links
- Global atmospheric circulation – Tropical storms – AQA – GCSE Geography Revision – AQA – BBC Bitesize
- 2013 Typhoon Haiyan: Facts, FAQs, and how to help | World Vision
- Causes of UK weather – Is weather in the UK becoming more extreme? – AQA – GCSE Geography Revision – AQA – BBC Bitesize
- Climate change and global warming – Climate change – AQA – GCSE Geography Revision – AQA – BBC Bitesize
- Climate Change | National Geographic Society
- BBC iPlayer – Climate Change – The Facts