Simon Jones 2014

A primer on storms & floods

Thinking About

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135%Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

Key point

January 2014

?

135%The U.K received

of average rainfall

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

Key point

January 2014

135%The U.K received

of average rainfall

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

Key point

January 2014 That’s 164.4mm!

weatherHow does the

affect our lives?

Discuss!

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

weatherHow does the

affect our lives?

Discuss!

Is it getting more extreme?

What are the causes?What are the symptons?

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

weatherHow does the

affect our lives?

Discuss!

Is it getting more extreme?

What are the causes?What are the symptons?

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

Take a few minutes to think it through!Now share your experience and talk about it with someone else for two minutes!

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

extreme weather?What is the impact of

Think!

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

extreme weather?What is the impact of

Think!

Can you describe it? Can you explain it? Can you analyse it?

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

impactHow can we reduce the

of extreme weather?

Think!

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

impactHow can we reduce the

of extreme weather?

Think!

Preparation?Planning?Warning?

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

impactHow can we reduce the

of extreme weather?

Think!

Preparation?Planning?Warning?

Expand & develop each point!

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

impactHow can we reduce the

of extreme weather?

Think!

Preparation?Planning?Warning?

Expand & develop each point!

Can you link them together?

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

impactHow can we reduce the

of extreme weather?

Think!

Preparation?Planning?Warning?

Expand & develop each point!

Now pair & share!

Can you link them together?

Discuss!

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

physical factors?How is coastal flooding caused by

Discuss!

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

physical factors?How is coastal flooding caused by

Can you describe it?Can you explain it?Can you analyse it?

Discuss!

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

physical factors?How is coastal flooding caused by

Can you describe it?Can you explain it?Can you analyse it?

How did you reach that answer?Is there another viewpoint?

Discuss!

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

physical factors?How is coastal flooding caused by

Can you describe it?Can you explain it?Can you analyse it?

How did you reach that answer?Is there another viewpoint?

Take a few minutes to think it through!Now share your experience and talk about it with someone else for two minutes!

Think!

human factors?

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

How is coastal flooding caused by

Think!

human factors?Building on the floodplain?

Deforestation?

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

How is coastal flooding caused by

Think!

human factors?Building on the floodplain?

Deforestation?

Expand & develop each point!

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

How is coastal flooding caused by

Think!

human factors?How is coastal flooding caused by

Building on the floodplain? Deforestation?

Expand & develop each point!

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

Can you link them together?

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

How can we manage this coastline?

Think!

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

How can we manage this coastline?

What options are there?What should we conserve?

Is it sustainable?

Think!

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

How can we manage this coastline?

What options are there?What should we conserve?

Is it sustainable?

Hard Engineering?Soft Engineering?Managed Retreat?

Think!

Share your ideas with the group!

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

How can we manage this coastline?

What options are there?What should we conserve?

Is it sustainable?

Hard Engineering?Soft Engineering?Managed Retreat?

Think!

flood risk?Which parts of the UK are most at

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

Think!

Think!

flood risk?Which parts of the UK are most at

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

Create a map to show this!

Think!

flood risk?Which parts of the UK are most at

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

Now share it with the group

Create a map to show this!

Case Study

British IslesHow does the

cope with it’s flood problems?

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

Case Study

Investigate the effects & responses to a flood

Summarise it in exactly 200 words British IslesHow does the

cope with it’s flood problems?

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

Case Study

Investigate the effects & responses to a flood

Summarise it in exactly 200 words

Now share it with the group

British IslesHow does the

cope with it’s flood problems?

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

Discuss!

How can we plan for

future flooding?

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

Discuss!

How can we plan for

future flooding?

What options are there?

Is it sustainable?

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

Discuss!

How can we plan for

future flooding?

How did you reach that answer?Is there another viewpoint?

What options are there?

Is it sustainable?

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

Discuss!

How can we plan for

future flooding?

How did you reach that answer?Is there another viewpoint?

What options are there?

Is it sustainable?

Learning Objective: To know & understand how & why weather & climate affects our planet

Take a few minutes to think it through!Now share your experience and talk about it with someone else for two minutes!

Simon Jones 2014

A primer on storms & floods

Thinking About

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A primer on storms & floods

Thinking About

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