Heatwaves, hurricanes, floods: 2017 costliest year ever for extreme weather and climate events, says UN

Concepts of Thinking: Interrelationship, Spatial Significance, Patterns and Trends, and Geographic Perspective

Inquiry: How might people best prepare for such events in the future to help reduce the impacts?

Activity: Gather data on severe weather and where it happens to create a spatial journal that will identify patterns and trends and look for the spatial significance of these locations. Conduct an issue analysis to understand the interrelationships and then propose a plan of action from the geographic perspective. Communicate plan via story map.