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Load up the car and get ready for a trip to the coast! This section provides images and photographs from locations around Britain's famous coastline. Issues such as coastal defences and tourism are featured as well as geographical concepts such as long shore drift. There's plenty to see and do in this lively topic.
Bays and headlands, beaches, cliff falls and landslides
Visit in a new windowA KS2 plus resource that could be easily adapted to the coasts unit. Some useful information on dinosaurs in the Kidz zone.
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Coastal images
Visit in a new windowThe coast at Holderness is photographed, good quality coastal images for Ks2 and Ks1.
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Coastlines for tourism
Visit in a new windowSimple text for Ks2 and some basic pictures, covers practically every tourist style coast destination in the UK, very thorough, if not the slickest site. Still a useful site.
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Introduction to coastlines
Visit in a new windowIdeally for Ks3, these images and some text can be easily adapted for Ks2. Covers; The Sea and Waves Tides Currents and Erosion Cliffs Deposition
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Investigating coasts
Visit in a new windowIncludes the following explanations. Ideal for upper Ks2, there are some good images, but the text is spot on. Waves * Coastal Erosion * Cliff Recession * Erosion Of A Headland Coastal Deposition * Beaches * Longshore Drift * Other Features Formed By Deposition Marshes * Salt Marshes * Sand Dunes Case Study * The Holderness Coast
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Investigating coasts
Visit in a new windowInvestigate and annotate features by the sea with this super resource. Ideally guided by the teacher.
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Lyme Regis coast
Visit in a new windowWe do like this site. Too in depth (in terms of text) but clever teachers will use the images to carry out map work, work on tourism and coasts, even protecting coasts and sea defences. A great site.
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Photos of coasts
Visit in a new windowBeautiful images of coastlines to use in your lessons from ICTeachers.
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Plan a holiday on the Cornish coast
Visit in a new windowPlan activities based on or around the coast. Small unusable images, but some useful text and points of interest.
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What is a coast?
Visit in a new windowA simple explanation with quality images from the BBC. A great Ks1 or Ks2 resource.
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