English National Curriculum - Science
Mission Objectives
Identify and describe the main impacts of climate change
Explain how climate change affects people, animals, and plants
Evaluate the most significant effects of climate change
Enquiry Approach - Pattern-seeking
Identifying patterns and looking for relationships to make links between scientific concepts.
Enquiry Skill - Interpreting and communicating results
Using information, results and data to present findings, including oral and written explanations.
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Words and meanings to learn
flooding
the overflow of water onto normally dry land
ice caps
massive, thick layers of ice that cover the polar regions
glacier
a massive body of thick ice that slowly flows downhill
heatwave
an extended period of very hot weather
drought
a long period of abnormally low rainfall
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Resources: Handouts
Support Handout (1): A handout with tables to record the main impacts of climate change (with definitions given to support) and the effects these have on humans and wildlife.
Core Handout (2): A handout with tables to record the definitions of the main impacts of climate change and the effects these have on humans, animals, and plants.
Challenge Handout (4): A handout which provides space to rank the four main impacts of climate change in order of severity, and space to justify these decisions.
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