Climate change
You can recognise that sudden changes in climate have an effect on living things.
Climate change
You can recognise that sudden changes in climate have an effect on living things.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Climate is changing due to human activity releasing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, causing a climate crisis.
- Climate crisis means the world’s climate is changing faster than plants and animals (including humans) can adapt to.
- Increased temperatures and changes to rainfall patterns threaten the food and freshwater supply for living things.
Common misconception
That greenhouse gases come from greenhouses or are caused by greenhouses. This often happens when pupils don't know what a greenhouse is or how it is used.
Explain what a greenhouse is, where we can find them and how they work. Greenhouses provide artificially warmer conditions to make plants grow quicker and healthier. The are often made from glass, which traps heat from the sun inside the greenhouse.
Keywords
Greenhouse gases - Greenhouse gases are gases in Earth’s atmosphere that trap heat.
Climate change - Climate change is a large-scale and long-term change in the planet’s climate, including weather patterns and average temperatures.
Drought - Drought is when there is a long time without enough rain and can cause a water shortage.
Heatwave - A heatwave is a period of time in which the weather is a lot hotter than usual.
Equipment
Possible use of recyclable waste materials to make a model greenhouse.
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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Starter quiz
6 Questions
the day to day conditions outside, e.g. sunny, snowing, warm.
how hot or cold a place is.
average weather conditions taken over a long time, usually 30 years.
Exit quiz
6 Questions
Polar animals lose their habitat
Places with mild climates, like the UK, have more heatwaves
More places experience drought
Are at a greater risk of having wild fires