Climate

Objectives

• Shows knowledge and understanding of weather and climate
• Shows knowledge and understanding of the main climates on Earth
• Shows knowledge and understanding of how climates can be studied
• Shows knowledge and understanding of climate change and how it could affect the Earth

Theory Presentations/Assessment - Climate

• Introduction
• Weather
• Climate
• Climates on Earth
• Koppen's Main Climatic Regions
• Organisms and Climate
• Humans and Climate
• Why Do We Study Our Climate?
• Changing Climates
• Evidence of Past Climates
• Exploring Recent Climate Change
• The Greenhouse Effect
• Humans and the Greenhouse Effect
• Effects of Global Warming
• Summary

Activity - Exploring Climate

• Students use an interactive application to explore the Köppen system of climate classification.
• Students also explore how human activity is causing long term climate change, and discover the effect that this could have on life on Earth in the future.