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Lesson Plan
Grade: Date: 17/01/2026
Subject: Geography
Lesson Topic: 2.3 Coasts: Describe coastal processes, landforms and management strategies.
Learning Objective/s:
  • Describe the main coastal processes (hydraulic action, abrasion, solution, long‑shore drift, deposition) and explain how they shape coastlines.
  • Identify and differentiate key erosional and depositional landforms and link each to its dominant process.
  • Compare hard and soft coastal management strategies, evaluating their advantages and disadvantages.
  • Apply knowledge to propose an appropriate management approach for a given coastal scenario.
Materials Needed:
  • Projector and screen
  • Interactive whiteboard or smartboard
  • Printed worksheets with coastal process diagrams
  • PowerPoint presentation with tables and images
  • Sand‑tray model to demonstrate wave action
  • Markers and flip chart
 Introduction:
Begin with a striking image of a cliff collapsing during a storm to capture interest.
Ask students what they already know about how waves shape coastlines and note their ideas on the board.
Explain that today they will explore the processes, resulting landforms, and how we manage coasts, with success criteria displayed: identify processes, match landforms, and evaluate management options.
Lesson Structure:
  1. Do‑now (5'): Students label a diagram of wave energy on a worksheet.
  2. Mini‑lecture (10'): Present the five coastal processes using slides and the wave‑energy equation, checking understanding with quick Q&A.
  3. Interactive activity (15'): In groups, use the sand‑tray model to simulate erosion and deposition, then record which landforms would develop.
  4. Landform matching game (10'): Teams match landform cards to the dominant process using the provided tables.
  5. Management debate (15'): Groups research a hard or soft strategy, list pros/cons, and present arguments; whole‑class discussion follows.
  6. Formative check (5'): Exit ticket – students write one process, one landform, and one suitable management option for a given coastline.
Conclusion:
Summarise how wave energy drives both erosion and deposition, creating distinct landforms that influence management choices.
Ask a few students to share their exit‑ticket responses for quick recall.
Assign homework to research a local coastline and suggest a management plan, preparing to present findings next lesson.