Lesson Summary: Coastal Transport and Deposition This lesson focuses on how material moves along the coastline and how it is eventually deposited to form coastal features. It builds on prior knowledge of coastal processes such as erosion, transportation, and deposition, and emphasises how these processes work together as part of a coastal system. Students begin with a starter activity to review key terminology (e.g. erosion, attrition, hydraulic action) and consider factors that influence erosion rates, such as rock type, wave energy, and human activity. The main part of the lesson introduces coastal transportation, explaining how sediment is moved by waves, tides, and currents. Students learn the four types of transportation: Traction Saltation Suspension Solution A key focus is longshore drift, including: How waves approach the beach at an angle The role of swash and backwash How sediment is moved along the coast The impact of longshore drift on beach formation and the use of groynes Students complete diagram-based tasks to reinforce understanding of these processes. The lesson then explores deposition, explaining: When and why material is deposited (low-energy environments) How beaches form when swash is stronger than backwash Landforms created by deposition, such as sand dunes, spits, and salt marshes Finally, students apply their knowledge through field sketching and written tasks, including identifying the direction of longshore drift and summarising how deposition occurs.

Explore the Peak District – A Complete 9-Lesson KS3 Geography Scheme of Work. After looking and finding nothing, this series of lessons on the Peak District is ideal for schools located in and around the area! Painstakingly made by myself ( an experienced geography teacher who has lived and worked here for many years), all of the lessons are original. Bring the Peak District to life in your classroom with this fully resourced, ready-to-teach 9-lesson scheme of work, designed specifically for KS3 students. Structured to build knowledge and skills in a logical and engaging sequence, this scheme covers everything you need to deliver high-quality geography lessons. Lessons can easily be adapted to KS2 (years 5 and 6). From mastering essential map skills to exploring the region’s unique geology, land use, tourism challenges, and the pressures faced at iconic sites like Mam Tor, this comprehensive unit gives students a well-rounded understanding of one of the UK’s most treasured National Parks. Lesson titles below: Introduction to the peak district Geology of the Peak District How do people use the land? Tourism - good or bad? Castleton case study for tourism Mam Tor Mayhem ( focused on a recent BBC news article about the issues at Mam tor) Peak District map skills lesson Tales from the national park Part 1 Tales from the national park Part 2 ( this two part lesson focuses on land use and green lane conflict, parts of a documentary, and ends on a debate lesson).

A lesson I created for a teaching interview (I got the job!). The lesson explores how climate change is affecting the small islands of Tuvalu. The lesson contains: a hook starter task to draw students into the topic with a short video around how the government in Tuvalu is trying to raise awareness. Quick tasks including some simple locational map skills, match the word to the picture task for the effect of climate change. A main task that gets students considering the social, environmental and economic impacts. A think pair share task to summarise what they have learnt. A quick ending task that gets students thinking about potential solutions, plus images of solutions already being used in the area. This is a really lovely lesson that gets kids thinking outside of the box, and thinking Geographically in all areas. Designed as a one hour lesson but could easily stretch over 2 if needed. Note: the template needed for the main task can simply be printed from slide 10. This could be an individual task , pair, or group task,

A decision making activity that gets Y9, Y10 and Y11 students applying their knowledge of coasts, coastal management strategies , economic, social and environmental advantages and disadvantages to a made-up holiday park scenario on a fast eroding coastline! Can last 40 mins -1 hour ( could ask student to present their ideas to a stakeholder or create a presentation based on the resource?) Welcome to ‘Bogus Beach’ Holiday park! "Bogus Beach is a popular holiday park for UK tourists. It has a number of different food venues, entertainment venues, theme parks, swimming pools and accommodation for all budgets. People enjoy the easy access to the beach, green sand dunes and friendly atmosphere. Bogus Beach is popular with families with children and the elderly, and is a thriving private business with a £10 million net worth. Bogus beach is being eroded quickly by the sea due to the narrow beach and strong destructive waves from the North Sea. It is predicted to start affecting the site in around 5-6 years. " This decision making resource based on a made-up holiday park on the N.E coastline challenges student to apply knowledge of hard and soft engineering strategies to a real life style scenario. Students must analyse the costs, customer satisfaction , life span and effectiveness of : Groynes, gabions, rock armour, beach nourishment , dune stabalisation and sea walls. They must consider the advantages and disadvantages, plot the plans on a photograph, and put together a proposal to put forward to the holiday park manager. Skills: Maths cost analysis application of engineering strategies to real photograph considering economic, environmental and social advantages and disadvantages of each type. Fully adaptable ( but you probably won’t need to!)