Substrand: "9.7 Climate Change and El Nino" (7 periods)

This sub strand will learners to understand the causes of Climate Change El Nino,La nina and examine ways Solomon Islanders can take to reduce effects of Climate Change in Solomon Islands.

Learner's should:

Learner's should:

Learner's should:

9.7.1 know the meaning of the terms associated with Climate Change and El Nino (k)

9.7.1.1 define the terms Global Warming, Green house effect, ozone layer, Climate Change, El Nino, La Nina

9.7.2 understand the causes of Global warming, Climate Change, its impacts and measures to reduce it (u)

9.7.2.1 examine a case study on the effects of Climate Change
9.7.2.2 explain the causes of Global Warming and Climate change
9.7.2.3 describe human actions that cause Climate Change and explain their effects on the environment, and people’s lives
9.7.2.4 suggest measures that can be taken to reduce the effects of Global Warming and Climate Change

9.7.3 be able to locate in a local map the islands in the country which are likely to be most affected by global warming (s)

9.7.3.1 identify the islands that are likely to be most affected by Climate Change in the country
9.7.3.2 examine a case study of a particular local area in Solomon Islands that has been affected by the effects of Climate Change

9.7.4 understand El Nino, its causes and effects (u)

9.7.4.1 explain the causes and effects of El Nino

9.7.5 have formed opinions about the measures to reduce the causes of Climate Change (a)

9.7.5.1 discuss some of the strengths or weaknesses about measures to reduce climate change