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Published: 09/04/2015
KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate
69 pages

Tropical Storms two-week teaching pack

This two-week pack consists of structured teaching ideas and tailor-made resources, culminating in a sample exam question. It includes a variety of physical, human, economic and issue-based teaching approaches.      

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See other resources: Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

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Claire Vorster

Thank you, practical and engaging.

Posted on 23rd April 2018

Janet Jamieson

Very useful students will be engaged with the activities. Thank you

Posted on 3rd September 2017

Mala Ismail

Very useful resources and activities

Posted on 19th May 2017

Lorraine James

Very useful range of resources and activities

Posted on 14th December 2016

eleanor owen

Just what I was looking for. Thank you. Eleanor Owen

Posted on 14th November 2016

Andrea Villa

Very useful, thanks so much!

Posted on 19th October 2016

Jane Fox

Really great resource, lots of helpful tasks for pupils which are engaging.

Posted on 19th October 2016

Nigel Jones

This has made planning for the new GCSE really straightforward with differentiation and extension material ready to download.

Posted on 3rd October 2016

Logan Gregory

This is brilliant, thanks so much!

Posted on 30th August 2016

Ben Rudd

Great resources, really helpful. Thanks.

Posted on 18th July 2016

Victoria Bennett

This is perfect, just what I need to resource out new KS4. many thanks!

Posted on 28th May 2016

Sally Lewis

Mark scheme for the end of unit test would be useful please.Thanks

Posted on 22nd March 2016

julie sykes

Great resource with a range of resources to engage students.

Posted on 28th February 2016

Lisa Turpin

Fantastic help! Thanks! Lots of interesting tasks and links.

Posted on 1st December 2015

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Tropical Storms two-week teaching pack

This two-week pack consists of structured teaching ideas and  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 09/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

What am I?

This PowerPoint provides a useful introduction to the subject  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

Where do tropical storms form?

This PowerPoint resource asks a student to describe the source  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

The location of tropical storms

An introduction to the areas where tropical storms form. Aimed  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

What is the link?

A useful starter for the topic as a sea temperature satellite  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

The formation of Hurricane Katrina

Students are provided with a satellite image of Hurricane Katrina  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

Cross-section through a tropical storm

This interactive resource asks the student to drag and drop labels  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

Wordsearch for tropical storms

A simple wordsearch using 12 keywords/terms for the topic of  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

The Saffir-Simpson scale

The student is provided with a copy of the Saffir Simpson scale  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

Asking questions about the effects of tropical storms

Using the approach of When, Where, Why, What and How, this resource  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

What factors influence the number of people affected by tropical storms?

The student is asked to categorise 24 different statements into  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

A choropleth exercise

Using data from Tropical Storm Haiyan, this resource uses a choropleth  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

Tropical Storm Haiyan – a summary

Aimed at lower ability students, this resource provides a series  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

Reporting Tropical Storm Haiyan

With a selection of witness statements and two photographs, the  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

Why was the death toll from Tropical Storm Haiyan so high?

The student is asked to consider 24 different factors that may  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

Tropical Storm Haiyan – cause, effect and response

This interactive resource provides a set of ten questions which  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

Hurricane Katrina – cause, effect and response

This interactive exercise asks students to identity cause, effects  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

Responding to tropical storms

This resource is a comprehension and photographic interpretation  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

Vulnerability to tropical storms

This resource uses an image of a coastal settlement and asks  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

A Spearman's rank statistical activity of tropical storms

Using GNI per capita and the number of people affected by tropical  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Geography skills | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Statistical skills | Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

The future of tropical storms

This resource introduces the possibility of tropical storms becoming  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

A tropical storms dominoes game

A fun activity using domino-cards. By playing the game, the students  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Teaching tools | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Games | Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

Tropical storms – assessment

In the style of an AQA GCSE examination paper, this resource  … read more

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KS4 | Environment, atmosphere and climate | Published: 08/04/2015 | From the resource collection(s): Tropical storms GCSE teaching pack | Tropical storms: Hurricanes, tornadoes etc.