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Lesson Plan for Online Work
Objective
To describe how the weather affects living conditions in a locality.
Curriculum Relevance
- English Key Stage 2 Geography: 1c, 2a,f, 3a,d, 7b
- Wales Key Stage 2 Geography: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.8, 1.9, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4
- Northern Ireland Key Stage 2 Geography:
Weather
IT
- Scotland 5-14 Guidelines: Environmental Studies - People and Place
The Physical Environment
Skills Strand
Developing Informed Attitudes
ICT
Resources
Teaching Activities:
Introduction
Group Activities
Groups use the Weather and People section to collect information about one locality, making notes and thinking about: How does the weather affect life in this locality?
Discuss: What would it be like to live here?
Record group's ideas on Worksheet 1.
Find the locality on a globe and in an atlas.
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Group 1 |
Barbados, W.Indies |
(tropical (hot, wet)) |
| Group 2 |
Aswan, Egypt |
(desert (hot, dry)) |
| Group 3 |
Naxos, Greece |
(warm temperate) |
| Group 4 |
Belfast, N.Ireland |
(cool temperate) |
| Group 5 |
Spitzbergen, Norway |
(polar) |
Individual
Use all the information you have to answer the questions: Would you like to live there? Why / why not?
Plenary
Each group identifies their locality on a globe and reports how the weather affects life there.
Homework
How does the weather affect you?
Complete Worksheet 2.
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