Coastal management decision making activity

A decision making activity that gets Y9, Y10 and Y11 students applying their knowledge of coasts, coastal management strategies , economic, social and environmental advantages and disadvantages to a made-up holiday park scenario on a fast eroding coastline!

Can last 40 mins -1 hour ( could ask student to present their ideas to a stakeholder or create a presentation based on the resource?)

Welcome to ‘Bogus Beach’ Holiday park!

"Bogus Beach is a popular holiday park for UK tourists. It has a number of different food venues, entertainment venues, theme parks, swimming pools and accommodation for all budgets. People enjoy the easy access to the beach, green sand dunes and friendly atmosphere.

Bogus Beach is popular with families with children and the elderly, and is a thriving private business with a £10 million net worth.
Bogus beach is being eroded quickly by the sea due to the narrow beach and strong destructive waves from the North Sea. It is predicted to start affecting the site in around 5-6 years. "

This decision making resource based on a made-up holiday park on the N.E coastline challenges student to apply knowledge of hard and soft engineering strategies to a real life style scenario.

Students must analyse the costs, customer satisfaction , life span and effectiveness of : Groynes, gabions, rock armour, beach nourishment , dune stabalisation and sea walls.

They must consider the advantages and disadvantages, plot the plans on a photograph, and put together a proposal to put forward to the holiday park manager.

Skills:
Maths cost analysis
application of engineering strategies to real photograph
considering economic, environmental and social advantages and disadvantages of each type.

Fully adaptable ( but you probably won’t need to!)