Coasts & Tourism

Coasts and Tourism

Key questions

  1. How can the sea affect the land?
  2. Should we protect coastal areas from the effects of the sea?
  3. Why are tourists attracted to coastal areas?
  4. What are the effects of tourism in coastal areas?

Unit Outline

Lesson

Learning objective

  1. To justify the importance of tourism in Hunstanton
  2. To explain how the sea can affect the coastline
  3. To define and explain the four processes of erosion
  4. To explain the coastal system and longshore drift as well as preparing for fieldwork and assessment
  5. To evaluate the need to spend millions on protecting Hunstanton (assessment)
  6. To evaluate the need to spend millions on protecting Hunstanton (assessment)
  7. To evaluate the need to spend millions on protecting Hunstanton (assessment)
  8. To identify (all), describe (most) and explain (some) the formation of coastal landforms
  9. To identify (all), describe (most) and explain (some) the formation of coastal landforms
  10. To apply feedback comments to a feedforward task
  11. To describe and explain the global growth of tourism
  12. To describe and explain the impacts of tourism on Benidorm
  13. To describe and explain the impacts of tourism on Benidorm

Revision

Revision powerpoint

Revision activity

Want to know more?

BBC GCSE Bitesize – http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/coasts/

BBC KS3 Bitesize – http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/geography/physical_processes/coasts/revision/3/

Benidorm video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWUcE0LogBU

Impact of mass tourism in Spain – http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/the-impact-of-mass-tourism-in-spain/1569.html

Challenge yourself

Research the Holderness coastline and compare it to Norfolk.

Should we be protecting the Holderness coastline as well?

If we could only protect one, which should we protect?

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