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Year 10

Weather hazards

9 lessons

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  • Physical systems and processes
  • Risk and resilience
  • Sustainability and climate change

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This unit teaches pupils about weather hazards at the global and national (UK) scales. Pupils learn about global atmospheric circulation before focusing on the formation, impacts and responses to tropical storms. Pupils also learn about extreme weather events in the UK.

Pupils can build on their knowledge of weather and climate developed in KS3 to consider the global context before focusing on tropical cyclones. Teaching the unit at this stage enables pupils to apply knowledge of hazards learned earlier in the year to the weather. It also allows pupils to use their knowledge of weather hazards when addressing development issues in subsequent units.

  1. Global atmospheric circulation model, pressure belts and surface winds
  2. Tropical storms – distribution, formation and development
  3. Tropical storms – hazards and effects
  4. Tropical storms – responses
  5. Reducing risks from effects of tropical storms
  6. Example of a tropical storm
  7. Weather hazards in the UK
  8. An example of a recent extreme weather event in the UK
  9. Using GIS to map the track of a tropical storm
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