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Coasts: what happens where the land meets the sea?

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Why this, why now

This unit explores how coastal landscapes form and change. Pupils learn about erosion, habitats and human activity at the coast, and investigate how coastal environments are used, protected and managed in the face of ongoing change.

Prior knowledge requirements

  • Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
  • Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
Unit 4 / 6

Coasts: what happens where the land meets the sea?

This unit explores how coastal landscapes form and change. Pupils learn about erosion, habitats and human activity at the coast, and investigate how coastal environments are used, protected and managed in the face of ongoing change.

8 lessons
  1. Coasts and the future
  2. Coastal habitats and ecosystems
  3. The changing coastline
  4. Protecting the land
  5. Coastal erosion
  6. The coast of the UK
  7. Mapping the coast
  8. Coasts and tourism