The Beast from the East Aim: to be able to describe the positive and negative impacts of a period of heavy snow To be able to describe and evaluate the response to the snowy weather Impacts and Responses What was the impact? Watch the
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The Beast from the East Aim: to be able to describe the positive and negative impacts of a period of heavy snow
To be able to describe and evaluate the response to the snowy weather Impacts and Responses<br>
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What was the impact? Watch the following clip and write down any information you hear about what impact the weather had on people.
Extension: Using an atlas and an outline of the UK, mark with a cross those places which had particularly heavy snowfall. https://youtu.be/nIKLdDWFKnA<br>
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Card Sort Task In groups, you should sort the following statements into three categories:
FACTS: Information about the Beast from the East
IMPACTS: Something that happened as a result of the heavy snow
RESPONSES: What happened after the snow to help people<br>
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Card Sort Task Look at your impacts category.
Sort these into two more categories of positive and negative impacts.<br>
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Impacts of heavy snow Using the statements on the cards, write down six impacts of the heavy snow in the UK.
How did the Beast from the East impact you?
Using the statements on the cards, write down four responses to the heavy snow in the UK.
What responses did you see at school to the Beast from the East?<br>
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Evaluation of the Response Do you think the UK coped well with the Beast from the East extreme weather? Roads came to a standstill, no trains, no flights, schools closed, businesses closing early, no food deliveries and shortages on fuel. How could this be improved in the future?<br>
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Is the UK uniquely bad at coping with snow? For the third year running the UK is suffering snow-induced chaos, so are we any closer to answering the question of why we can’t cope?
One only has to pick up a newspaper to see that the UK is gripped by anxiety over the disruption caused by the snow.
Roads, rail, airports and schools have all been severely affected during the cold snap.
Why can’t we do better? BBC News<br>
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Issues the UK has in dealing with snow Snow does not happen very often
Technology and machinery to deal with snow is expensive
The snow can be very slushy which is more difficult to deal with than dry snow<br>
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A comparison of the UK and Canada https://www.canadianaffair.com/blog/snowmageddon-brits-cope-snow-vs-canadians/
