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Geography KS3 / GCSE: What coastal management techniques are being used on Hayling Island?

Liz Bonnin introduces a short film explaining the techniques used on Hayling Island to control coastal erosion.

Liz Bonnin introduces the significance of coastal erosion by highlighting how many houses have been lost to the sea.

This short film explains some of the inventive methods used to attempt to combat coastal erosion on Hayling Island in Hampshire - particularly tracer pebbles to measure the movement of shingle along the beach.

The clip explains how the information from sediment movement is then used to ensure soft engineering coastal management techniques are effective in restoring the beaches natural defences against the sea.

Hard engineering techniques are also used on Hayling Island and the clip explains how and why these techniques are used - to stop the flooding of large areas of Hampshire.

This short film is from the 鶹Լ series, Physical Geography with Liz Bonnin.

Teacher Notes

Key Stage 3

This short film would serve as a good introduction to coastal management techniques for students - showing the difference between hard and soft techniques.

It also introduces the idea of using technology in monitoring coastlines which could be further explored with research or consideration of data from tracer pebbles.

Key Stage 4

This short film focuses on the use of technology in the monitoring of coastal erosion and thus could be used to consider how technology increasingly helps our understanding of risk and processes.

This could be explored further with research or use of GIS to look at some sediment movement data.

Curriculum Notes

This topic appears in geography at KS3 and KS4 / GCSE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and National 4/5 in Scotland.

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