Coasts and tourism
I can research and present information about a coastal place using geographical enquiry and sources.
- Year 6
Coasts and tourism
I can research and present information about a coastal place using geographical enquiry and sources.
Lesson details
Key learning 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.
- 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.
Keywords
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 misconception
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.
Use a globe to demonstrate the passage of cruise ships across the Pacific and how this relates to their world maps.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.A is the natural home or environment of an animal, plant or other organism.
Q2.Mangroves can stand in soft, wet soil because of their strong...
Q3.The Great Barrier Reef is the biggest coral reef and is located just off the coast of
Q4.Coral reefs are home to approximately of the ocean’s species.
Q5.An estuary is the area of a river just before it reaches the ocean, where fresh and mix.
Q6.Match the coastal threat to its definition.
