Tropical storms lesson 2

Tropical Storms
Lesson Two

“Just A Minute”
Who can talk about hurricanes for 30seconds, with pausing, repeating themselves, or talking about ‘non-hurricane stuff’?

Hurricane Contents
The causes of tropical storms.
The damaging effects of tropical storms.
Reducing the damaging effects of tropical storms
Tropical storms could become more frequent and their distribution may change.

The effects of tropical storms:
The different effects of tropical storms
The ways in which these effects can be categorised
The differing effects in both MEDCs and LEDCs
Case Study: MEDC
Case Study: LEDC

By The End Of This Lesson You Will…
be able to recogniseand should be able to categorisethe different effects of a hurricane
by
identifying different ways that the effects are connected
argue which effects are the worst

Effects Of A Hurricane

Name 5 Effects

What Does This Tell Us?

Wind
Rain
Storm Surges
Key Term: STORM SURGES
‘abnormal rise of the sea along a shore as the result of a storm’

How Could We Categorise These Effects?

Challenges
Use a key to categorise the effects into ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’
Further categorise the effects – how many different ways can you do it?
Extension
Try to add a further 6 effects to the table
Choose the worst effect, and write a couple of sentences to justify your answer

Challenge
Which are worse – primary or secondary effects?
There’s only one way to find out.....

A Class Debate!
The left hand side of the class will argue the case that PRIMARY EFFECTS are the worst
The right hand side of the class will argue the case that SECONDARY EFFECTS are the worst.

A Class Debate!
You have five minutes to prepare your arguments.
You will then debate, and I will choose a winner.
I would like as many people to contribute to the debate as possible.

Debate Rules
Put your hand up to contribute
Stand up to speak
Don’t interrupt anybody speaking

By The End Of This Lesson You Will…
be able to recogniseand should be able to categorisethe different effects of a hurricane
by
identifying different ways that the effects are connected
argue which effects are the worst

The effects of tropical storms:
The different effects of tropical storms
The ways in which these effects can be categorised
The differing effects in both MEDCs and LEDCs
Case Study: MEDC
Case Study: LEDC

Which will be worse affected – MEDCs or LEDCs?
What is your initial feeling, before we actually study the two case studies?
Move to the area of the room that you think will be worse affected – you can stand in the middle if you think they are equal!

Homework
Complete research on a hurricane of the past - NOT Hurricane Katrina
Write an account between ½ page and 1 page
Name Location
Strength Timescale
Causes Effects
We will look at these in Friday’s lesson

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Tropical storms lesson 2

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