Climate Change 2023
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 displayed for Open House 2023.
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 are able to make links across different areas of knowledge and to 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.
Schedule
3D/E/F
24.10.2023 2 periods
11.45 am. to 12.55 p.m
31.10.2023 3 periods
8.50 am. to 10.35 a.m.
3A/I/J
25.10.2023 2 periods
11.55 am. to 12.55 pm
3.11.2023 3 periods
7.40 am to 9.25 am
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
Learning Objectives
Key Question 4
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 melting of arctic ice and degradation of natural landscapes
Term 4 Week 6 (1 period)
Introduction and overview
Sec 3D/3E/3F
For each class, divided into groups. (Direct impact)
Sec 3D --Drought (TxBx pg. 55)and Floods (TxBx pg. 57)
Sec 3E -- Tropical Cyclone (TxBx pg. 58) and Wildfire (TxBx pg. 56)
Read up about the topic before creating a poster during prep programme.
Information for each poster
Location
Date
Death
Damages in $
Destruction of infrastructure
Sec 3A/3I/3J
For each class, divided into groups. (Indirect Impacts)
Sec 3J-- Affects provisioning ecosystem services
Impacts on fish production (TxBx pg. 59)
Impacts on crop yield (TxBx pg. 60)
Sec 3I -- Affects regulating ecosystem services (TxBx pg. 61)
Sec 3A -- Alters cultural system.
Melting of Artic Ice (TxBx pg. 61)
Degradation of natural landscapes (TxBx pg. 60)
Information for each poster
Location (city and country)
Description of indirect impact
Explanation
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Suggested Resources to Read Before Prep Programme
Prep Programme Week 1
(23.10.23 to 27.10.23)
(2 periods)
Work in your group
Create a poster based on the research that you have done.
This will be put up for Open House.
More instructions will be provided during class lessons.
Prep Programme Week 2
(30.10.23 to 1.11.23)
(3 periods)
Work in your group to design a WA1 paper
Include
structured question, including answers
Google form for MCQs
Some of your questions will be selected for WA1 in 2024.
For the structured question, please download this link.
You will have to upload the Google form (MCQ) and the structured question in the google classroom.