Tropical Storms

Lesson Two

“Just A Minute”

• Who can talk about hurricanes for 30seconds, with pausing, repeating themselves, or talking about ‘non-hurricane stuff’?

Hurricane Contents

1. The causes of tropical storms.2. The damaging effects of tropical

storms.3. Reducing the damaging effects of

tropical storms4. Tropical storms could become more

frequent and their distribution may change.

The effects of tropical storms:

• The different effects of tropical storms• The ways in which these effects can be

categorised• The differing effects in both MEDCs and

LEDCs• Case Study: MEDC• Case Study: LEDC

By The End Of This Lesson You Will…

be able to recognise and should be able to categorise the different effects of a hurricanebyidentifying different ways that the effects are connectedargue which effects are the worst

Effects Of A Hurricane

Effects Of A Hurricane

Effects Of A Hurricane

Effects Of A Hurricane

Name 5 Effects

What Does This Tell Us?

Effects Of A Hurricane

• Wind• Rain• Storm Surges

Key Term: STORM SURGES‘abnormal rise of the sea along a shore as

the result of a storm’

Effects Of A Hurricane

Building Damage Road/Infrastructure Damage

Stress

Loss Of Animal Habitat

Disease Cost Of Repair

Communities Destroyed

Vehicles Lost Food Shortages

Looting Water Shortages Civil Unrest

Loss Of Jobs Evacuation Fishing Boats Destroyed

How Could We Categorise These Effects?

Building Damage Road/Infrastructure Damage

Stress

Loss Of Animal Habitat

Disease Cost Of Repair

Communities Destroyed

Vehicles Lost Food Shortages

Looting Water Shortages Civil Unrest

Loss Of Jobs Evacuation Fishing Boats Destroyed

Challenges

1) Use a key to categorise the effects into ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’

2) Further categorise the effects – how many different ways can you do it?

Extension3) Try to add a further 6 effects to the table4) Choose the worst effect, and write a

couple of sentences to justify your answer

Challenge

Which are worse – primary or secondary effects?

There’s only one way to find out.....

A Class Debate!

The left hand side of the class will argue the case that PRIMARY EFFECTS are the worst

The right hand side of the class will argue the case that SECONDARY EFFECTS are the worst.

A Class Debate!

You have five minutes to prepare your arguments.

You will then debate, and I will choose a winner.

I would like as many people to contribute to the debate as possible.

Debate Rules

Put your hand up to contribute

Stand up to speak

Don’t interrupt anybody speaking

By The End Of This Lesson You Will…

be able to recognise and should be able to categorise the different effects of a hurricanebyidentifying different ways that the effects are connectedargue which effects are the worst

The effects of tropical storms:

The different effects of tropical stormsThe ways in which these effects can be categorised

• The differing effects in both MEDCs and LEDCs

• Case Study: MEDC• Case Study: LEDC

Which will be worse affected – MEDCs or LEDCs?

• What is your initial feeling, before we actually study the two case studies?

• Move to the area of the room that you think will be worse affected – you can stand in the middle if you think they are equal!

Homework

1) Complete research on a hurricane of the past - NOT Hurricane Katrina

2) Write an account between ½ page and 1 page

Name LocationStrength TimescaleCauses Effects

• We will look at these in Friday’s lesson