Water: A Tour of Precipitation
Provided by: Probable Futures|Published on: June 24, 2022
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Type: Data, Graphs, and Maps
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Geography
Authors: Probable Futures
Region: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, USA - Midwest, United States, Iowa
Languages: English
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Synopsis
- This resource evaluates global precipitation maps and explains how regions around the world are experiencing changes in precipitation that make it hard to survive.
- Students will learn how climate change is disrupting historical precipitation patterns in regions of London, Punjab, Kinshasa, and Iowa.
Teaching Materials
Positives
- Students can click the "i" icon to learn more about certain terms or concepts.
- The text does an excellent job of showing how changes in precipitation patterns are affecting people all over the world in different ways.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should be familiar with England's history of imperialism.
Differentiation
- Students can listen to the narration of the article to engage more learning styles.
- World history classes could use this text in a discussion about the modern impacts of historical imperialism and colonialism. Students could consider the following questions:
- How did climate play a role in England and other Western European countries' ability to seize control in other parts of the world?
- How are changes in precipitation cycles affecting people in Kinshasa and Punjab differently from people in Iowa and London? Why?
- Which countries are responsible for the changes in precipitation that have been fueled by climate change?
- Should the history of imperialism and colonialism factor into today's global response to climate change? If so, how?
- Students could use the maps of precipitation to see how precipitation patterns are likely to change in Kinshasa, London, Iowa, and Punjab under different global warming scenarios.
- Science classes can tie this resource into lessons about humidity, dew points, evaporation, condensation, the water cycle, and biomes.
- Other resources on this topic include this video about more intense hurricanes, this interactive textbook lesson on climate zones and biomes, and this lesson on droughts, floods, and water vapor.
This resource explores changes in precipitation due to global warming in selected climatic zones. Students can evaluate the scenarios to gain insights on the likelihood of occurrence and return periods, and also the impacts these changes pose on infrastructure, farming, livelihood security, ecosystem services, etc. This is recommended for teaching.
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Probable Futures offers useful tools and maps to visualize climate change along with stories and insights to help people understand what those changes mean.
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