All about drought: Is drought a global phenomenon?

These resources combine a range of teaching approaches and embed a series of critical thinking techniques in order to further develop students’ understanding of the subject matter.

Cross-curricular links are made to literacy, numeracy and ICT enabling the students to transfer their skills across the spectrum of subjects. The lessons offer opportunities for students to conduct further research, explore the numerous websites and use a range of resources such as choropleth maps to conduct their own investigation into previous drought events and begin to predict future ones from the trends. Each lesson is accompanied by an editable PowerPoint presentation and relevant worksheets.

In this lesson, students are challenged to identify the fact that drought is not limited to global south and that it has considerable impact on the UK. They will use a range of resources including data from the seven research catchment areas in order to understand the variety of factors that cause and intensify a drought.

Learning objectives

To learn about drought
To investigate if drought is a global phenomenon
To learn how drought impacts the UK.

Students are challenged to identify the fact that drought is not limited to global south and that it has considerable impact on the UK. They will use a range of resources including data from the seven research catchment areas in order to understand the variety of factors that cause and intensify a drought.

This lesson has been co-written by the GA consultant Gemma Mawdsley and produced in collaboration with the DRY research team, ENDOWS, UWE, and About Drought.