LESSON

OBJECTIVE:
By the end of this lesson students should develop an understanding of the coastal environment. They should understand and develop the concept of
change in relation to the physical appearance of the coastline and why it has changed, focusing on the natural process of coastal erosion.

CONTENT
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
ADJUSTMENTS/
ASSESSMENTS
RESOURCES/EQUIPMENT
ORGANISATION

Group
work
Observations
GENERAL EQUIPMENT
Engage
Content that will be
- Class
- Formative
- Whiteboard/Interacti
- Discuss and Explain to the class that
covered in the hour
discussions

-
Look
f
or
q
uality
ve whiteboard
the coastline is always changing. Pose
lesson:

of responses
- Computer
questions such as Why is the

Individual
W
ork

Participation

- Paper and pencils
coastline changing? How are the
Students will be
- Formative

features of the coast formed? What
presented with an
Support ESL/LS
- Look for
RESOURCES
sorts of things impact our coastlines
introduction to the
throughout
l
esson
t
o
students
w
ho
- YouTube Clip: What is
for it to change over time? It is
coastline. They will
ensure understanding
are engaging in
Coastal Erosion by
important to develop a shared
investigate and
the
c
ontent.

Environmental
understanding of what defines the
acquire knowledge
Formative
Agency TV
coastline and what impacts on the
on the process of
-
Collect
(https://www.youtube.com/
coastline.
coastal erosion and
snowballs and
watch?v=zUh3WeilFN4)
- Demonstrate and investigate student
how it contributes
assess
q
uality
o
f

knowledge by brainstorming ideas on
to the continuous
answers
- Google Pictures
the board, making sure they draw
natural change of

Coastal erosion
connections to the ideas that the coast
our coastline.
before and after
can change both naturally and

(https://www.google.com.au
unnaturally.

/search?q=coastal+erosion+


before+and+after&source=ln
Explore/Explain

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- Introduce the concept of erosion

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- View YouTube clip to introduce the

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topic of erosion. Throughout the clip

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place emphasis on the different

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images the students see pointing out


the effects of coastal erosion

- News Paper Article
- Provide real life example of erosion

from the Telegraph
occurring to help students

Australian Landmark
understand and witness the effects
collapses into the sea
erosion has on the coastline and
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk
landforms.
/news/worldnews/australia
- Google Pictures Coastal erosion

before and after

View article about the Twelve
Apostles. Discuss firstly what they
are and their significance. Link back
to the YouTube clip and have a class
discussion on how they think the
Apostles formed and how one of them
has fallen.

Evaluate

Snowball Activity: Issue each student

with a piece of paper. Ask them to secretly
write on their paper one thing that they
learnt from todays lesson. Children are then
to scrunch up note and on cue throw
towards another table. Each child picks up a
piece of paper and reads what is written on
it.
Class Discussion: Students are to read what
is on their snowball to the class record
what students have learnt on board as a
summary for the lesson.

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3420/Australian-landmark-
collapses-into-the-sea.html )