CIE A2 Geography - Topic 8: Coasts - Powerpoints

Full Unit pack for CIE A2 Physical Geography Topic 8: Coastal Environments

!!! UPDATED FOR 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR !!!

Teaching using these materials gives you a solid foundation to improve your practice and focus more on aiding students with exam skills and essay writing required for high level CIE A2 Exams.

Features of this full Unit plan

• 25 Powerpoints covering all key content all made using official Cambridge documents and guidance
• All Powerpoints contain a Warm up, Main content with pictures/ graphs and plenary’s
• Integrated in Powerpoints are exam question breakdowns and discussion topics
• Major Case study information sheets for Sustainable management of the Holderness Coast, Sub-ariel & Marine Processes and coral reefs- Worksheets & activities for each chapter

Taught comfortably with time for essay writing and assessment in approximately 30 class periods. I will be teaching this using these materials in the 2024-25 school year again, any reviews, messages or notes for what you would like will be appreciated, I plan on updating this by the end of the 2025-26 year and adding even more material, so check back after purchase.

Full Contents

**Powerpoints **

8.1 Coastal Proceeses

8.11 - Introduction to coasts and waves
8.12 - Waves and Tides
8.13 - Coastal Erosion
8.14 - Coastal Transportation and deposition
8.15 - Longshore drift & Sediment cell small case studies

Worksheets

UK Map
Sub-ariel processes sheet

8.2 - Charachteristics and formation of coastal landforms

8.21 - Cliffs, Arches, Stacks & Stumps
8.22 - Wave Cut Platforms
8.23 - Depositional Landforms - Beaches
8.24 -Formation of Spits
8.25 -Bars, Tombolos & Barrier islands
8.26 - Sand Dunes
8.27 - Saltmarshes & Mudflats
8.28 - Mangroves
8.29 - Eustatic & Isostatic Sea Level Change
8.210 - Sea level change and Coastal Landforms
8.211 - Sea level change andThe Holderness Coast

Worksheets

Assess the influence of sub-aerial processes in the formation of coastal landforms.
Assess the extent to which the characteristics of coastal cliffs are the result of marine processes.

8.3 - Coral reefs

8.31 - Coral Reefs and conditions for growth
8.32 - Coral Reef Types and formation theories
8.33 - Threats to Coral Reefs
8.34 - Great Barrier reef case study and management of reefs

Worksheets

Threats to coral reefs
Coral reefs essay sheet
Coral reefs worksheet

8.4 - sustainable management of coasts

8.41 - Sustainable management of coasts
8.42 - Holderness Coast Issues & solutions
8.43 - Holderness Coast solutions
8.44 - Holderness Coast Problems solved evaluation
8.45 - U.S eastern seaboard Extra case study (Holderness main)

Worksheets

A2 Essay Breakdown for Sustainable management
Holderness coast case study review sheet
Coastal Threats worksheet
Holderness coast guided notes sheet