Opportunities for using Google Earth: Key Stage 3 Resources – Changing Climates
Lesson
Use by Teachers
Use by Pupils
Resources
Lesson 1: Weather or climate?
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Starter: use the Weather
layers (Clouds, Radar,
Conditions & Forecasts)
to show pupils different
weather around the world
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Skills sheet: ‘Using the 3D Viewer’
Starter: use the Weather
layers (Clouds, Radar,
Skills sheet: ‘Using Layers’
Conditions & Forecasts)
to show pupils different
weather around the world
Lesson 2: Why is our climate like
this?

Starter: use the Weather
layers (Clouds, Radar,
Conditions & Forecasts)
to show pupils different
weather around the world

Skills sheet: ‘Using the 3D Viewer’
Starter: use the Weather
layers (Clouds, Radar,
Skills sheet: ‘Using Layers’
Conditions & Forecasts)
to show pupils different
weather around the world
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Main activity: create a
weather forecast for 2050
for 6 locations
Plenary: choose which
location is the most
vulnerable and add an
additional placemark with
reasons
Lesson 3: Can climate change?
Lesson 4: What will the climate be
like in the future?
Lesson 5: Does it matter if climate
changes?
Lesson 6: Hello from 2050
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Lesson 7: What can we do to
develop sustainably?
Skills sheet: ‘Using the 3D Viewer’
Skills sheet: ‘Creating a
placemark’
Skills sheet: ‘Advanced
placemarks’
Skills sheet: ‘Organising, saving &
touring placemarks’
Kml file: ‘Hello from 2050’
Teacher’s Notes: ‘Hello from
2050’
Worksheet: ‘Hello from 2050’