The wave tank is a simple model that can be built as a STEM club project using basic materials and woodworking skills. The wave tank doesn’t just have to be used to demonstrate flood and coastal risk management structures. It is really versatile and can be used to show bridge or pier design, natural flood management or anything else you would like to demonstrate in a marine environment with waves. The wave tank and associated STEM material combines science, engineering and geography learning to help students better understand coastal processes and see these principles in real life. The Coastineers have been working on the coast for a combined 30 years as engineers and scientists and we hope you enjoy making your wave tank as much as we did!

Coastineers Lesson Plan – Coastal Engineering This STEM lesson plan combines science, engineering, geology and geography KS3 learning and GCSE principles. The purpose of the lesson is to introduce students to coastal engineering. In particular, to gain an understanding of flood and coastal erosion risk management hard/soft engineering structures. This lesson introduces coastal processes, coastal risks and explores different risk management structures. The Coastineers have been working on the coast for a combined 30 years as engineers and scientists, and we hope you enjoy this lesson. This lesson plan is accompanied by a practical demonstration using the Coastineers Wave Tank which you can either build yourself using our Coastineers Wave Tank - Build Your Own resource or watch the demonstration on YouTube (link included below).

The longshore drift model is a simple model that can be built as a STEM club project using basic materials and woodworking skills. This model demonstrates how eroded cliff material is transported along a coast and deposited elsewhere in lower energy areas forming beaches and other features such as spits. It shows why beach levels may drop drastically during storms and how longshore drift can be reversed by the effect of seasonal variations in weather patterns, It is really versatile and can be used to show how hard engineered structures like groynes can interrupt this longshore drift process and change beach levels. The longshore drift model and associated STEM material combines science, engineering and geography learning to help students better understand coastal processes and see these principles in real life. The Coastineers have been working on the coast for a combined 30 years as engineers and scientists and we hope you enjoy making your wave tank as much as we did!

Coastineers Lesson Plan - Adapting to Coastal Change This STEM lesson plan combines science, engineering, geology and geography KS3 learning and GCSE principles. The purpose of the lesson is to introduce students to coastal processes and gain an understanding of coastal management. This lesson explores a naturally changing, dynamic coast and introduces how communities may need to adapt to these changes, particularly in the face of climate change. The Coastineers have been working on the coast for a combined 30 years as engineers and scientists, and we hope you enjoy this lesson.

This STEM lesson plan combines science, geography, geology and engineering KS3 learning and GCSE principles. The purpose of the lesson is to introduce students to coastal processes, as well as make an important and often overlooked connection with some basic geology principles. In particular, to gain an understanding of coastal landforms, coastal processes and longshore drift. This lesson introduces some erosional and depositional landforms, linking their formation with coastal processes, including two practical demonstrations. The practical demonstrations begin to embed the cyclical links between geological processes and coastal processes. The Sand Box Model helps students visualise deposition, rock and cliff formation, as well as rock deformation. The Longshore Drift Model then demonstrates erosion, transportation and deposition. The Coastineers have been working on the coast for a combined 30 years as engineers and scientists, and we hope you enjoy this lesson.

This STEM lesson plan combines science, engineering and geography KS3 learning and GCSE principles. The purpose of the lesson is to introduce students to climate change and, in particular, to gain an understanding of climate change impacts at the coast. This lesson introduces climate change, coastal impacts and explores sea level rise as well as coastal change. The lesson is complimented by a hands on student practical experiment: the Coastineers Sea Level Rise Challenge. This simple kit allows students to engineer their own adaptation strategies, using basic materials. Alternatively, the lesson works just as well with our simple YouTube video, followed by discussion. Just delete out the slides you don’t need. The Coastineers have been working on the coast for a combined 30 years as engineers and scientists, and we hope you enjoy this lesson.