Lesson Planning
Understand about what happens when a river reaches the coast. Create a leaflet about a nature reserve based at the coast and show your knowledge by playing an Estuary Quiz game!
Teaching Outcomes:
- To understand what happens as a river reaches the coast, including: estuaries, deltas, mudflats and salt marshes.
- To know why estuaries are so important for wildlife and nature reserves.
Children will:
- Understand what happens to a river as it reaches the coast including the formation of deltas, mudflats and salt marshes.
- Create a leaflet for visitors to a nature reserve that explains how mudflats and salt marshes are formed and the wildlife that inhabits them.