Lesson A1 - Evidence of climate change on land

MAIN SUBJECTS

Natural sciences / Geography

DURATION

Preparation: 5-10min

 Activity: 1h

AGE GROUP

9-15 years

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students collect various types of evidence showing that the world climate has been changing over the last decades (global warming, sea level rise, the melting of glaciers, droughts, extreme events, etc.).

They learn that:

• Climate and weather are two different phenomena.

• The climate is an average of the prevailing weather pattern for a particular region. It depends primarily on latitude, altitude and distance from the ocean.

• The weather is the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time. Temperature and humidity are among the variables that characterise the weather.

• The temperature of the whole planet has been increasing for a century, especially on land. This has led to different impacts, such as melting ice (glaciers and sea ice) and sea level rise.

• Frequency and/or intensity of extreme events – such as floods, storms, and droughts – is increasing.

TEACHING METHOD

Documentary analysis