1. Future UK climate – ICT lesson
Aim:
to know that in the future the UK’s climate will be warmer, wetter and have more extreme weather.

2. Future UK climate Go to the following website in google:
BBC – science and nature – climate change – experiment
Go to: about the experiment:
Explain what the purpose of the experiment was?
Play & listen to the video presented by David Attenborough
Go to: the results – at a glance and then: UK results in more detail. You should then complete the following sentences on your work-sheet.
Overall UK summers will be ………… and winters will be …………………… Temperature on average will rise by …………… by In the summer ……………… ………………… will be become more common as temperatures reach …………...
Rainfall in the summer is expected to …………………… and as a result we will suffer from more ………………
Winters will bring less ……………… and more ……………….. We will also receive more severe ……………….
Go to the: open box for UK temperature change:
On the graph on the left-hand side drag the arrow to 2080.
Play the weather forecasts predicting the temperatures for 2020, 2050 & 2080.
Summarise the temperature for each year in the table on your work-sheet. You must comment on temperature AND precipitation. Include detail such as temperature and rainfall in mm.

3. Future UK climate Summer Winter 2020 key features 2050 key features
Overall UK summers will be ………… and winters will be …………………… Temperature on average will rise by …………… by In the summer ……………… ………………… will be become more common as temperatures reach …………...
Rainfall in the summer is expected to …………………… and as a result we will suffer from more ………………
Winters will bring less ……………… and more ……………….. We will also receive more severe ……………….
Complete the table below using the weather future weather forecasts. Comment on temperature & precipitation. Include details such as temperature and rainfall in mm.
2020 key features
2050 key features
2080 key features
Summer
Winter