1. How are humans affected by changes in water supplies?
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2. Come up with 5 questions that you would like to ask about this picture
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
How?
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3. Lesson objective:
To understand how changes in water supplies can impact on people and ecosystems
Case Study: Australia
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5. Why has this happened?
A cold front combined with strong winds whipped up topsoil from the dried-out Lake Eyre basin and swept across New South Wales spreading about 600km along the east coast

6. What do we know about Australia?
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7. Task 1 Mark the major cities onto the population map
Use the Geoactive to create your own map to show rainfall in Australia
Use a choropleth mapping technique
Remember to add a title and key
Describe and explain the relationship between rainfall and population distribution.
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8. Task 2
Sort the cards into causes and impacts of an unreliable water supply in SE Australia
H/W Write up your notes to explain the causes and impacts of an unreliable water supply in SE Australia
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9. Plenary – Gimmee 5!
5 – Cities in Australia 4 – Impacts of water scarcity in Australia 3 – Causes of water scarcity 2 – Rivers that provide ¾ of water consumed nationally 1 – Weather pattern that has been influencing Australia’s climate
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