Lesson objectives
Nature Deficit Disorder
2. Do you think that many people living in Hong Kong experience Nature Deficit Disorder?
3. Create an action plan for you and your family to get rid of Nature Deficit Disorder in your lives. List here an outline of some different things you could do to be outdoors in nature more often (routines, activities, etc.)
The Earth's atmosphere
Task 5: Watch the following video 'Our World: What is Weather?'
1. Weather is the interaction of what 4 factors?
2. Why does air temperature vary from place to place on Earth?
3. What is air pressure?
4. What causes wind?
5. What is the difference between weather and climate?
6. What climate zone do you think Hong Kong is in?
What is the Water Cycle?
Accumulation of carbon in the atmosphere between 1959 to 2010
Task 9: What conclusions can you come to from observing the graphic about the accumulation of carbon in the atmosphere between 1959 to 2010?
Task 10: Identify the major changes in the location between 2011 to 2014
Revision video on Weather & Climate
How can I help?
How to make a Climate Graph
2. You will be provided with a paper version of the document '5. Climate Graph'. You need to complete the climate graphs for both Manaus, Brazil & London, England
Task 12: Watch the video 'World Biomes' and answer the following question
Account for the different climates in the Moab Desert, Utah, USA and Reykjavik, Iceland (i.e. why do these locations have the climates they do?).
Why does Climate vary around the world