Year 6 - Geography
Coasts and tourism
Coasts: what happens where the land meets the sea?
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Unit Summary
This unit explores how coastal landscapes form and change. Pupils learn about erosion, habitats and human activity at the coast, and investigate how coastal environments are used, protected and managed in the face of ongoing change.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to research and present information about a coastal place using geographical enquiry and sources.
Key Notes
- Coastal areas are often tourist hotspots due to the landscape and range of activities possible.
- Tourism can bring economic benefits to coastal regions, but it can also lead to social and environmental problems.
- Cruise ships carry tourists around the world for weeks or even months at a time.
- In 2021, Venice, Italy, banned cruise ships from entering the city's waters declaring her lagoon a national monument.
Vocabulary To Learn
- tourist: A tourist is someone who who travels to a different place from where they live for a holiday
- dock: A dock is an area in a harbour or port where ships go to be loaded, unloaded or repaired
- lagoon: A lagoon is a shallow area of water that is protected from the ocean by a natural feature such as a sandbar or coral reef
- national monument: A national monument is a place or building preserved by government because of its historic, scenic or scientific importance
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When planning a round-the-world cruise children may not understand that the western edge of the map in task A matches up to the eastern edge of the map.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Coastal areas are often tourist hotspots due to the landscape and range of activities possible. Tourism can bring economic benefits to coastal regions, but it can also lead to social and environmental problems.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'tourist'
A tourist is someone who who travels to a different place from where they live for a holiday.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: When planning a round-the-world cruise children may not understand that the western edge of the map in task A matches up to the eastern edge of the map. Correction: Use a globe to demonstrate the passage of cruise ships across the Pacific and how this relates to their world maps.
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