thinking floods
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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. Thanks SimonTRANSCRIPT
Simon Jones 2014
A primer on storms & floods
Thinking About
flooding
135%Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Key point
January 2014
?
135%The U.K received
of average rainfall
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Key point
January 2014
135%The U.K received
of average rainfall
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Key point
January 2014 That’s 164.4mm!
weatherHow does the
affect our lives?
Discuss!
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
weatherHow does the
affect our lives?
Discuss!
Is it getting more extreme?
What are the causes?What are the symptons?
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
weatherHow does the
affect our lives?
Discuss!
Is it getting more extreme?
What are the causes?What are the symptons?
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Take a few minutes to think it through!Now share your experience and talk about it with someone else for two minutes!
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
extreme weather?What is the impact of
Think!
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
extreme weather?What is the impact of
Think!
Can you describe it? Can you explain it? Can you analyse it?
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
impactHow can we reduce the
of extreme weather?
Think!
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
impactHow can we reduce the
of extreme weather?
Think!
Preparation?Planning?Warning?
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
impactHow can we reduce the
of extreme weather?
Think!
Preparation?Planning?Warning?
Expand & develop each point!
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
impactHow can we reduce the
of extreme weather?
Think!
Preparation?Planning?Warning?
Expand & develop each point!
Can you link them together?
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
impactHow can we reduce the
of extreme weather?
Think!
Preparation?Planning?Warning?
Expand & develop each point!
Now pair & share!
Can you link them together?
Discuss!
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
physical factors?How is coastal flooding caused by
Discuss!
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
physical factors?How is coastal flooding caused by
Can you describe it?Can you explain it?Can you analyse it?
Discuss!
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
physical factors?How is coastal flooding caused by
Can you describe it?Can you explain it?Can you analyse it?
How did you reach that answer?Is there another viewpoint?
Discuss!
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
physical factors?How is coastal flooding caused by
Can you describe it?Can you explain it?Can you analyse it?
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!
Think!
human factors?
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
How is coastal flooding caused by
Think!
human factors?Building on the floodplain?
Deforestation?
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
How is coastal flooding caused by
Think!
human factors?Building on the floodplain?
Deforestation?
Expand & develop each point!
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
How is coastal flooding caused by
Think!
human factors?How is coastal flooding caused by
Building on the floodplain? Deforestation?
Expand & develop each point!
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Can you link them together?
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
How can we manage this coastline?
Think!
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
How can we manage this coastline?
What options are there?What should we conserve?
Is it sustainable?
Think!
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
How can we manage this coastline?
What options are there?What should we conserve?
Is it sustainable?
Hard Engineering?Soft Engineering?Managed Retreat?
Think!
Share your ideas with the group!
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
How can we manage this coastline?
What options are there?What should we conserve?
Is it sustainable?
Hard Engineering?Soft Engineering?Managed Retreat?
Think!
flood risk?Which parts of the UK are most at
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Think!
Think!
flood risk?Which parts of the UK are most at
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Create a map to show this!
Think!
flood risk?Which parts of the UK are most at
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Now share it with the group
Create a map to show this!
Case Study
British IslesHow does the
cope with it’s flood problems?
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 British IslesHow does the
cope with it’s flood problems?
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
British IslesHow does the
cope with it’s flood problems?
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Discuss!
How can we plan for
future flooding?
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Discuss!
How can we plan for
future flooding?
What options are there?
Is it sustainable?
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Discuss!
How can we plan for
future flooding?
How did you reach that answer?Is there another viewpoint?
What options are there?
Is it sustainable?
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Discuss!
How can we plan for
future flooding?
How did you reach that answer?Is there another viewpoint?
What options are there?
Is it sustainable?
Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet
Take a few minutes to think it through!Now share your experience and talk about it with someone else for two minutes!
Simon Jones 2014
A primer on storms & floods
Thinking About
floodingAll images courtesy of www.shutterstock.com
Thank you!
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A primer on storms & floods
Thinking About
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