Coasts: what shapes life at the coast?
Why this, why now
This unit teaches pupils how physical and human processes shape our coastline. Pupils will also learn about the threats and challenges coastlines face in a warming world.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
- Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
Unit 4 / 7
Coasts: what shapes life at the coast?
This unit teaches pupils how physical and human processes shape our coastline. Pupils will also learn about the threats and challenges coastlines face in a warming world.
12 lessons- Tuvalu: An island nation
- Processes shaping the coastline
- Erosional coastal landforms
- The UK's coastline
- The future of global coasts
- Depositional coastal landforms
- Waves and tides
- GIS: Visualising and Analysing coastal erosion
- Coastal management
- Protecting the UK's coastline
- Threats to the UK's coastline
- The impacts of climate change on Tuvalu