Weather Hazards, Tropical storms and Hurricanes

Causes effects and Case studies

Year 9 internet Fact file

Objectives

• Build on your Doddle work to investigate weather hazards using the internet

• Create a fact file about hurricanes.

• Describe and Explain cause and effect.• Analyse how MEDCs and LEDCs cope

differently with weather Hazards

Task Weather Hazards Fact File

 

Prepare a fact file using Word about

Weather Hazards!

 

Click on the hyperlinks on the tasks sheet on the Learning zone.

Use the BBC website to research weather hazards and hurricanes. You can also look at the Doddle work that you have already completed.

You will need to select relevant information from several websites to fully answer some of the questions.

When you get to HUIT or the library…

Follow the instructions that you are about to see and

Create your fact file

Save your work in your class folder the shared area: S:\Year 9 Weather HazardsFile name: Your full name

Weather Hazards Fact File Prepare a factfile using Word about Weather Hazards! Click on the hyperlinks in the sections below. Use the BBC website research weather hazards and hurricanes. You can also look at the Doddle work that you have already completed. You will need to select relevant information from several websites to fully answer some of the questions. Save your work in your class folder the shared area: S:\Year 9 Weather Hazards File name: Your full name Remember: Social effects- are effects on people and communities Economic Effects- are effects on the economy, jobs, resources and money. Environmental effects- are effects on the natural world e.g. coral reefs, forests and beaches Weather Hazards http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zdgxsbk/revision/1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zdgxsbk/revision/2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/weather_climate/weather_human_activity_rev2.shtml http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/tropstorm.html Explain: how are hurricanes or Tropical Storms are created? What is the name of the effect that causes hurricanes or tropical storms to “spin”? What factors make a hurricane or tropical storm stronger? What factors make hurricanes likely to occur? Hurricanes http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/weather_climate/weather_human_activity_rev3.shtml Why can more developed countries (MEDCs) cope better than less developed countries?

Follow the instructions to

open this document.

Use it to help you create your fact

file!

Select the Learning Zone

from the College website.

Select the Humanities

Select Geography

Select Year 9 Geography

Select Year 9 Hurricane Internet Task

Open this document so you can follow the hyperlinks that it

contains.

Weather Hazards Fact File Prepare a factfile using Word about Weather Hazards! Click on the hyperlinks in the sections below. Use the BBC website research weather hazards and hurricanes. You can also look at the Doddle work that you have already completed. You will need to select relevant information from several websites to fully answer some of the questions. Save your work in your class folder the shared area: S:\Year 9 Weather Hazards File name: Your full name Remember: Social effects- are effects on people and communities Economic Effects- are effects on the economy, jobs, resources and money. Environmental effects- are effects on the natural world e.g. coral reefs, forests and beaches Weather Hazards http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zdgxsbk/revision/1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zdgxsbk/revision/2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/weather_climate/weather_human_activity_rev2.shtml http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/tropstorm.html Explain: how are hurricanes or Tropical Storms are created? What is the name of the effect that causes hurricanes or tropical storms to “spin”? What factors make a hurricane or tropical storm stronger? What factors make hurricanes likely to occur? Hurricanes http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/weather_climate/weather_human_activity_rev3.shtml Why can more developed countries (MEDCs) cope better than less developed countries?

Open this document so you follow the

hyperlinks that it contains.

These will help you find the information that

you need to answer the questions to create

your fact file.

Save your work in your class folder the shared area:

S:\Year 9 Weather Hazards

File name: Your full name