English National Curriculum Geography
Mission Objectives
Identify different types of extreme weather
Describe different types of extreme weather
Describe different types of extreme weather and explain the impact they have on people and places
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Words and meanings to learn
hurricane
a big, powerful storm with lots of wind and rain
flood
when water covers the ground, streets and buildings, often due to a lot of rain
extreme
something that is really big or very different from normal
tornado
a big, spinning wind that looks like a funnel or a giant top
drought
when there isn’t enough rain for a very long time and the ground gets very dry
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Resources: A world map or globe, pencils and colouring pencils
Support Handout (1): The handout provides sentence stems to support the children’s writing to explain extreme weather. The children are asked to match the sentence stems. They are given space to draw the different types of extreme weather.
Core Handout (2): The handout provides space for the children to draw and explain the different types of extreme weather: hurricane, tornado, drought and flooding.
Challenge Handout: The handout provides space for the children to explain the different types of weather. They are then asked to write about the dangers these have to people and places.
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