Weather Hazards
Some resources for use in teaching about weather hazards at Key Stage 3
Bangladesh Cyclone Sidr 2007
The following resources were produced in response to my visit to Bangladesh in October 2007.
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Rationale and Formation of Hurricane Sidr.
Introduction with rationale for studying the event. A PowerPoint with linked video and embedded animation explaining the formation of the cyclone and an overview of the impacts. Student worksheet about the formation of the cyclone.
Causes, impacts and responses to the Hurricane.
A PowerPoint introducing the classification task. Student worksheet-classification task.
How quickly will Bangladesh recover?
A PowerPoint comparing development statistics of the U.K. and Bangladesh. Student response worksheet.
Levelled assessment
Students are asked to produce a PowerPoint storyboard about the cyclone for B.B.C. News 24. Task worksheet. Assessment criteria. Outline PowerPoint.
All resources.
One file of all the resources, all in a neat zip file.
Hot Potatoes
With thanks to Mary Cooch who has produced a set of hot potato activities based on my resources.
Many of the images are creative commons, some rights reserved or in the public domain, where necessary I have provided the individual web address. The video and animation remain the property of the B.B.C and are used under educational licence.
