Starters

=Extreme Natural Events Starters=

Why does it rain Risk assessment valuing starter

Why does it rain? This starter can be used almost as a diagnostic assessment to gauge how much students already know, and a fun ice breaker.

Pose the question with a PowerPoint:

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Give the students a few minutes to think and discuss their answers in groups. Tell them "//it's not as simple as you'd think//" then tell them to watch what an elementary student would say if asked "why does it rain?" and show them the clip.

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Then actually try and explain some of the truth of it all, which will include the following key vocabulary:


 * The suns energy
 * uneven solar receipt
 * Angle of incidence
 * Coriolis effect

Risk assessment valuing Starter based on Fiji Suva Island: