Managing climate change – adaptation
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can understand how climate change can be managed through adaptation strategies.
Key learning points
- Managing climate change can involve adaptation strategies.
- Adaptation strategies include change in agricultural systems and managing water supply.
- Adaptation involves reducing risk from rising sea levels.
Keywords
Irrigation - a method of supplying water to crops to help them grow
Desalination - the process of removing salt from seawater to make it suitable for drinking and irrigation
Coastal defences - structures built to protect land from the sea, e.g. sea walls
Common misconception
All adaptation strategies are expensive and complex.
Some adaptation strategies are cost-effective and simple, such as rainwater harvesting and crop rotation.
Teacher tip
Encourage pupils to think of this at a local and individual level as well as looking at the larger scale, more complex, adapation strategies.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is the main difference between climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation?
Q2.Which of the following is an example of climate change adaptation?
Q3.How is climate change affecting agriculture?
Q4.How can irrigation help farmers adapt to the effects of climate change, such as droughts?
Q5.What is desalination and how can it be used to address water scarcity caused by climate change?
Q6.Which of the following is an example of a coastal defence strategy to protect against rising sea levels?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the keywords with their definitions.
a method of supplying water to crops to help them grow
the process of removing salt from seawater
structures built to protect the land from the sea
Q2.Strategies to reduce or prevent the emission of greenhouse gases are known as strategies.
Q3.What are the adaptations to sea level rise?
Q4. forests are a natural flood management strategy.
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