Extreme Weather Is Everywhere!

Residents of Central Europe have been struggling in the aftermath of flooding that some meteorologists say was the region’s worst on record. Recent heavy rainfall has caused catastrophic flooding in areas of Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. As water breached riverbanks, the resulting floods destroyed homes and knocked out communication lines. The human toll has been deadly. Read this GNN article to learn more.

While scientists, experts, politicians, and citizens debate climate change, it is clear that understanding it is important for the well-prepared students of the twenty-first century. Maps101’s Climate Change Collection is a curated collection that provides a wide variety of content to engage students in this important topic. There you will find more Field Trips, activities, articles, and maps that address climate change. Today, when teaching about extreme weather, it is necessary for students that you also include climate change, regardless of your point of view on the subject. Students need the critical-thinking skills necessary to evaluate the news and other resources in order for them to draw their own conclusions. Maps101 supports you and your students in this work.

Field Trips are interactive tours on a variety of topics. This week, let’s look at the Extreme Weather Field Trip. The topic is presented on a map with points of interest that help students with geography skills. Each point of interest has an accompanying image and text. In this Field Trip, we first look at what weather is. Then, we move to discussions about wind, tornadoes, hurricanes, monsoons, blizzards, drought, and more. After completing the Field Trip, students will have a solid understanding of extreme weather from which to analyze current events.