Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and describe some of the different arguments for and against global warming and a template to compose a speech for or against the idea of global warming to use in a class debate.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to write speeches to use when holding a class debate describing ways of solving problems caused by pollution.

This lesson is part of a geography scheme of work to get the children to identify, compare and record some of the causes and consequences of different forms of pollution that can affect local and global communities. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.