Making cities greener
I can understand various approaches to improve local environments.
Making cities greener
I can understand various approaches to improve local environments.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- One approach could be improving walking or cycling routes
- One approach could be creating new green spaces
Keywords
Forecast - A forecast is a prediction of a future event occurring (based on data).
Extrapolation - Extrapolation is the process of estimating unknown values that are outside the range of existing data.
Climate - Climate is the average weather pattern in an area across a long period of time.
Urban - Urban is a word to describe a town or city, or certain properties of towns and cities.
Common misconception
An urban area should implement all of the strategies to make itself greener.
Not all strategies are viable for every urban area and some will be more effective than others depending on the location.
To help you plan your year 9 maths lesson on: Making cities greener, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 9 maths lesson on: Making cities greener, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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