Climate Change: Future Climates - activity page

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Provoking activities to stimulate thinking about our climate in the future.

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Future climates - activity page
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This climate change book is aimed at teachers of 11-19 year old students and contains teachers’ notes, background information, photocopiable student worksheets and answers.

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Republic of Ireland
- Junior Cycle
  - Science
    - Earth and space
      - Energy
        2. Research different energy sources; formulate and communicate an informed view of ways that current and future energy needs on Earth can be met.
      - Sustainability
        3. Illustrate how earth processes and human factors influence Earth’s climate, evaluate effects of climate change and initiatives that attempt to address those effects.
England
- GCSE
Wales
- GCSE
  - WJEC Chemistry
    - Unit 1: CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES, REACTIONS and ESSENTIAL RESOURCES
      - 1.4 THE EVER-CHANGING EARTH
        (g) the environmental effects and consequences of the emission of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere through the combustion of fossil fuels
        (h) the measures used to address the problems of global warming and acid rain
  - WJEC Combined science
    - Unit 2: Chemistry 1
      - 2.4 THE EVER-CHANGING EARTH
        (g) the environmental effects and consequences of the emission of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere through the combustion of fossil fuels
        (h) the measures used to address the problems of global warming and acid rain
Northern Ireland
- GCSE
  - CCEA Chemistry
    - Unit 2: Further Chemical Reactions, Rates and Equilibrium, Calculations and Organic Chemistry
      - 2.5 Organic chemistry
        2.5.28 demonstrate knowledge that the combustion of fuels is a major source of atmospheric pollution due to: combustion of hydrocarbons producing carbon dioxide, which leads to the greenhouse effect causing sea level rises, flooding and climate change;…
  - CCEA Double award science
    - Unit C2: Further Chemical Reactions, Rates and Equilibrium, Calculations and Organic Chemistry
      - 2.5 Organic chemistry
        2.5.26 demonstrate knowledge that the combustion of fuels is a major source of atmospheric pollution due to: combustion of hydrocarbons producing carbon dioxide, which leads to the greenhouse effect causing sea level rises, flooding and climate change…

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