Wild Weather
22 total works
This series uses dramatic aspects and effects of weather to develop geographical skills such as using the correct vocabulary, using maps, plans and secondary sources of information. Each title looks at what the phenomenon is, where and why it occurs and its effects; emphasizes that weather extremes have the same causes as weather we experience every day; and discusses how people defend their homes and adapt their lifestyles to cope. This title examines drought.
Using the dramatic aspects and effects of weather, this guide to heatwaves develops geographic skills such as vocabulary and using maps, plans and secondary sources of information. Emphasising that weather extremes have the same causes as the weather that we experience every day, it looks at the phenomenon to discuss where and why it occurs and how people cope with it.