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This prep programme has been brought to you by your friendly geography teachers.
It is designed as a learning experience that provides you with the opportunity to synthesize knowledge from various sources (newspapers, podcasts, and videos) and apply it to real-life situations in this case impact of climate change on the human environment.
You are given the opportunity to collaborate with your friends and communicate and share your ideas effectively.
At the end of this programme, your group will create a poster to be handed into Google Classroom.
We hope that you will develop the following skills:
Communication skills where you can express your ideas clearly and effectively, both verbally and in written form.
Collaboration skills where you can work as a team to achieve common goals.
Knowledge application where you can make links across different areas of knowledge and generate, develop, and evaluate ideas and information related to this topic.
Independent learning where you are able to learn on your own, reflect on your learning, and improve upon it.
Let's go fishing now.
Through this mini-inquiry, you will discover how climate change can impact the human system.
Ah the joy of discovery.
Have fun.
Topic 3.2 Climate Change
How might climate change affect human systems?
Impact of climate change on human systems
geographically uneven due to varying climate variables and localised economic and social factors
impacts are interconnected and cascaded from natural systems to people
Direct impact of climate change on human systems
occurs through extreme weather events
including heat waves, droughts, floods, cyclones, and wildfires
Indirect impact of climate change on human systems
affects provisioning ecosystem services, including food production, and regulating ecosystem services, including disease regulation
alters cultural ecosystem services, including the melting of arctic ice and the degradation of natural landscapes
Prep Programme (Thursday 3 periods)
Prep Programme (Thursday 3 periods)
Introduction and overview (1 perid)
Concept Map of the impact on climate change
Resources for Research (1 period)
Creation of posters
Sec 3D/3E/3F
For each class, divided into groups. (Direct impact)
Topics
Drought (TxBx pg. 55)
Floods (TxBx pg. 57)
Tropical Cyclone (TxBx pg. 58)
Wildfire (TxBx pg. 56)
Read up about the topic before creating a poster
Information for each poster
Location
Date
Death
Damages in $
Destruction of infrastructure
Friday
For each class, divided into groups. (Indirect Impacts)
Topics
effects provisioning ecosystem services
Impacts on fish production (TxBx pg. 59)
Impacts on crop yield (TxBx pg. 60)
Affects regulating ecosystem services (TxBx pg. 61)
Alters the cultural system.
Melting of Arctic Ice (TxBx pg. 61)
Degradation of natural landscapes (TxBx pg. 60)
Information for each poster
Location (city and country)
Description of indirect impact
Explanation
Suggested Resources (1 Period)
Work in your group.
Create a poster based on the research that you have done.
Your poster must include:
a map to show where Climate Change has an impact.
The four Ds of Death, Damage, Destruction, and Dates.
You may ask ChatGPT, but you may not cut and paste.
Bonus marks if you have the following
Relevant diagram
In your own words
Each slide no more than 7 sentences.
Class presentation
Be prepared to be questioned.
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