Lesson Planning

Visit the beach and take part in a fieldwork exercise measuring and recording plants, animals and other features.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To see some of the key features of a coastline and begin to consider how they might have formed.
• To use fieldwork to observe, measure and record some features of the coastline.
• To identify what difficulties coastal plants and animals may need to overcome and to begin to identify how they have adapted to their environment.

Children will:

• Use fieldwork to observe, measure and record some of the features of the coastline.
• Begin to consider how and why the coastline might have changed over time.
• Identify what difficulties coastal plants and animals may need to overcome and to begin to identify how they have adapted to their environment.
• Begin to identify the impact of humans on the coastal landscape.