What affects Europes climate?
Activities Using enquiry questions ask pupils to use atlas maps to investigate factors influencing climate in Europe, eg latitude, relief/altitude, distance from sea, prevailing winds. Outcomes identity the factors affecting patterns of European climate Objectives to use atlas maps to identify patterns Points to note This activity builds on work done in the ‘opposites’ section of unit 5 ‘Exploring England’. Section 7: Where shall we go on holiday? Activities Ask pupils to carry out a family role play in groups of four/five on where in Europe they should go on holiday. Each member of the family is given a role card with the criteria for their preferred holiday and the group is provided with a map of Europe with a number of possible destinations described in terms of their characteristics, eg Dordogne (food and wine), a river (water sports), historic towns, limestone caverns and gorges. The group must first discover the climate of each of the places on the map and should then debate, in
