KS4: Managing water and climate change

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Learning question:
What's the link between climate change and water?
Suitable for:
KS4 (ages 15–16)
Resources include:
Lesson plan, slides, problem-solving exercise.
Photo: Ali Sabo, 51, a water monitor, demonstrating how he uses a rain gauge to monitor rainfall, Dungass, in the department of Dungass, Zinder, Niger. Credit: WaterAid/ Basile Ouedraogo

Overview

This lesson explores the impacts of climate change on people’s access to water, and introduces different ways of managing these impacts.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this lesson, pupils will be able to:

  • investigate the best methods for solving water access issues,

  • select and defend the best solution to solve a water access problem.

Downloadable resources

Lesson plan (PDF) Lesson slides (PowerPoint) Information pack (PDF) Problem solving task (PDF) Information sheets (PDF) Proposal writing help sheet (PDF)

Download complete lesson (.zip, 3.3 MB)

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