5.1.1 - What is the evidence for climate change?

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Learning Objectives

• An overview of climate change to include the cyclical nature of glacial and inter-glacial periods. 

• The validity of a range of evidence for climate change (for example, tree rings, historical accounts, temperature records) which must include ice cores and CO² levels.

Resources

• Link - Wooly Mammoth found in English Channel
• Video - Britain-Europe Landbridge
• Worksheet - European Ice Sheets
• Video - European Ice Age Sheets

5.1.2 - What are the causes of climate change?

Learning Objectives

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• • Flows and stores in the carbon cycle and the processes that link these stores. 

  • The greenhouse effect. 

  • How human activity affects the carbon cycle. 

  • Global cooling due to volcanic activity as one natural cause of climate change during the Quaternary period.

Resources

• Link - Milankovitch Cycles explained
• Link - How do volcanoes affect the climate?
• Video - Economist - How do Volcanoes affect climate?
• Video - Freefall through atmosphere
• Video - Greenhouse Gases: Climate Change, Lines of Evidence
• Animated guide - The Greenhouse effect
• Video - The Carbon Cycle
• Link - Virgin Earth Challenge
• Link - Global Footprint Calculator

5.2.1 - What are the causes and consequences of, and responses to, two weather hazards?

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Learning Objectives

• An overview of global circulation of the atmosphere. 

• How global circulation creates areas of low and high pressure. 

• How these different pressure systems each lead to weather hazards

Resources

• Animation - The movement of the ITCZ (Inter Tropical Convergence Zone)
• Animation - Pressure Systems
• Video - Global Circulation

5.2.1a - Weather Climate and Ecosystems - Low Pressure Hazards

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Learning Objectives

• The global distribution and location of areas affected by hurricanes/cyclones. 

• Their changing patterns over time to include annual seasonality (for example, spatial and temporal movement of the monsoon) 

• Longer termAnimation - The movement of the ITCZ (Inter Tropical Convergence Zone)Animation - Pressure Systemsclude its causes and consequences for people, environment and economy and responses to this hazard (for example, early warning systems/emergency aid).

Resources

• Video - Extreme Weather 2017
• Link - Why Monsoons Happen
• Link - Met Office - Monsoons
• Video - What is a Monsoon?
• Link - Track Cyclones and Hurricanes Map
• Video - The Deadly Cyclone Pam 
• Video - Al Jazeera Cyclone Pam Case Study
• Link - BBC - Cyclone Pam and Vanuatu 
• Link - Aerial Footage of Cyclone Pam Impact - ABC News
• Video - Al Jazeera Impact

5.2.2 - UK Climate

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Learning Objectives

• The difference between weather and climate. The impact of latitude, altitude and ocean currents on temperatures and rainfall in the UK

• Weather associated with patterns of low pressure (for example, winter depressions) and high pressure (for example, summer drought) in the UK. 

• The concepts of maritime and continental climates as they affect the UK.

• Factors that influence micro-climate.

Resources

• Link - BBC Tavistock Weather
• Video - MET Office - Air Masses
• Map - Europe template for Air Masses
• Video - MET Office - Precipitation
• Map - UK Weather Outline
• Video - MET Office - Jet Stream
• Video - BBC - Frontal Rainfall
• Worksheet - Passage of a Depression
• Cards - Passage of a Depression
• Video - MET Office - Depressions

5.3.1 - Where are large scale ecosystems found?

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Learning Objectives

• An overview of the location and global distribution of large scale ecosystems (biomes). 

• The characteristics of large scale ecosystems to include the relationship between global climate patterns and their distribution.

Resources

• Video - Coral Reef Ecosystem
• Video - How Wolves change Rivers
• Worksheet - Biome Task Map

5.3.2 - What are the key processes of ecosystems at different scales?

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Learning objectives

• Local scale processes to include nutrient cycles and food webs. 

• Regional/global scales to include water cycles and carbon cycles. 

• The concept of biodiversity. 

• The key features of one located small scale ecosystem in the UK (for example, sand dune, urban park, or hedgerow). 

• How human activity affects biodiversity, local flows, cycles and processes within this ecosystem.

5.3.2a - Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem

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Learning Objectives

• The location and distinctive features of the tropical rainforest ecosystem and its climate

• The processes and relationships that link living parts (humans, plants and animals) and non-living parts (soils, water and climate) in the tropical rainforest

• How human activity, to include food production, can have impacts, at a range of scales, on the tropical rainforest ecosystem 

• Sustainable environmental strategies to manage habitat and biodiversity in tropical rainforests

Resources

• Video - Lyre Bird Adaptation
• Leaflet - People and the Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem
• Video - Rainforest Vegetation Adaptation
• Video - Rainforest Climate
• Video - Exploiting the Rainforest
• Leaflet - KFC Exploiting the Rainforest
• KFC - Stop Trashing the Rainforest
• Video - Rainforest Deforestation and Effects
• Task - Rainforest Deforestation and Effects
• Video - Save the Rainforest - Follow the Frog
• Video - How Brazil is Halting Deforestation - or is it?
• Video - Environment vs Development
• Leaflet - Eco Escuela Guatemala Sustainable Solution
• Video - Rainforest Summary

5.3.2b - Savanna Grasslands

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Learning Objectives

• The location and distinctive features of the savanna ecosystem and its climate.

• How human activity, including food production, can have impacts on the savanna

• Sustainable strategies to manage habitat and biodiversity

Resources

• Student Podcasts of Savanna here

5.3.2c - Small UK Ecosystem

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Learning Objectives

• The key features of one located small scale ecosystem in the UK (for example, sand dune, urban park, or hedgerow). 

• How human activity affects biodiversity, local flows, cycles and processes within this ecosystem.

Resources

• Dartmoor Human History Timeline - here
• Land of Granite - Dartmoor - YouTube video
• What is granite - Website
• Wildlife Trust - Moorland Ecosystem - Website
• Dartmoor - Moorland Ecosystem - Website
• Dartmoor - Habitats - Website
• Human Impacts - Illegal Camping - BBC News
• Erosion of Dartmoor - Information guide
• Repairing Dartmoor - Website
• Donate for Dartmoor - Website
• South West Peatland Project - Website