Extreme weather: flooding (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)
I can explain why more extreme weather leading to flooding can affect environments.
Extreme weather: flooding (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)
I can explain why more extreme weather leading to flooding can affect environments.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Flooding occurs when an area of land is covered with water, especially from rain.
- Floods can cause damage to crops, when air cannot get the the roots and they rot.
- Floods affect some parts of the world more than others.
- The air all around our planet is warming up, and warmer air can hold more water.
- The extra water in the air falls as extra rain, and can cause flooding.
Common misconception
Children may think that it doesn't rain very much in countries with warmer climates.
Through the lesson, and drawing on children from other countries in your class, discuss the rainfall and weather to illustrate this is not the case. The data within the slides will help illustrate this.
Keywords
Flooding - Flooding is the covering or submerging of normally dry land with a large amount of water.
Crop - A crop is a plant that is grown to be sold, often as food.
Waterlogged - Land which is waterlogged is full of water or almost covered by a layer of water.
Extreme - Extreme means very large in amount; much more than normal.
Climate - Climate is weather patterns over a long period of time.
Equipment
A news report is provided in the additional materials if the children do not have access to secondary sources to do their own research.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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