PBS
Coastline Change
Continental drift happens over millions of years, but new perspective shows much faster changes. An informative resource offers a short term perspective using a series of satellite images. Viewers observe major changes to a coastline in...
NOAA
Ocean Waves
Surf's up! What causes the constant motion of Earth's oceans? Scholars discover the origins and types of waves in part nine of a 13-installment series. The resource illustrates wave behavior, their destructive power, and current research...
Columbus City Schools
Constructive and Destructive Geologic Processes
Show the class the world as they've never seen it before—from way above! Learners try to unravel the mysteries presented by rich satellite imagery, learn to interpret topographic maps, and study erosion by constructing their very own...
NOAA
Coastal Dynamics
Life's a beach! The 16th installment of a 23-part NOAA Enrichment in Marine sciences and Oceanography (NEMO) program first examines different types of coasts and how they form. An activity then has learners investigate the shoreline...
Mr. E. Science
Erosion and Deposition
Get an in-depth look into erosion and deposition with a 23-slide presentation that details how gravity, water, waves, wind, and glaciers cause changes to the Earth's surface. Each slide consists of detailed images equipped with labels,...
Curated OER
Longshore Drift
This almost qualifies as an animation. The slides create a step-by-step demonstration of how longshore drift carries sediment along a beach. Arrows appear to show the movement of the waves and a single rock is transported along the way....
Curated OER
Coasts and Reefs: Shallow Marine Processes
A more thorough presentation on coastal systems would be difficult to find! Detailed diagrams illuminate the offshore, shoreface, foreshore, and backshore zones of beach. The sources and movement of sediments along the coastline are...
Curated OER
Coastal Erosion Diagrams
A set of super-descriptive and colorful slides demonstates the effects of ocean waves on coastal cliffs. You will need to do the verbal explanation, as little text is found on some of the slides, but the graphics really illuminate how...
Curated OER
Coastal Processes
Hold onto your hats for an in-depth look at erosion and sediment deposition along ocean shores! It begins with four pages of vocabulary definitions and describes the coastal profile. It delves into the different ways that sediments are...
Curated OER
Global Warming: Life in a Greenhouse
Students examine the evidence that scientists have used to support the existence of global warming and the greenhouse effect. How the concepts have been developed and evaluated form the focus of this lesson.
Curated OER
Where's the Beach?
Students use beach profile data to analyze how erosion and sediment transport changed seashore slopes. In this geology lesson, students plot the data provided and analyze erosion patterns. They also assess coastal erosion management...
Curated OER
Come on In- the Water's Fine
Students examine how coastal erosion effects seaside communities. They investigate how people have to make choices when manipulate the physical environment such as when dredging and constructing seawalls in coastal areas. They complete a...
Columbia University
Nasa: Sedac: Marine and Coastal Regions and Sea Level Rise
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of fifteen data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine the impact rising sea levels is having on marine and coastal regions. They look at mangrove...
The World Bank
World Bank Group: Vietnam Coastal Wetlands Protection and Development Project
Understanding the culture of an area before giving aid is crucial. A slideshow and written explanation of mangrove replanting and other schemes designed to prevent severe coastal erosion in the Mekong provinces of Vietnam demonstrate the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Coastal Geological Processes
This interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service describes the many forces that affect shorelines, including tides, weathering, erosion, and deposition. Includes background reading handout and discussion questions.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Coastal Geological Materials
This interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service describes the different kinds of sediments that make up coastlines, with a focus on the variety in color, size, and sorting.
Peace Corps
Peace Corps: Fighting Soil Erosion
Educate students about soil erosion with this thorough lesson which focuses on the geography of Guinea.
BBC
Bbc News: In Pictures: How the World Is Changing
View and read about climate change by comparing two images of the same location at different times.
John Wiley & Sons
Wiley: Physical Geography: Animation: Wave Refraction
A brief animation that demonstrates the impact of waves on headlands and on bays explaining how waves shape sea arches and beaches.
NC State University
Nc State University: Carolina Coastal Science
Explore the Carolina coast with this innovative science site. You'll be asked to investigate issues concerning the fate of a resort threatened by coastal erosion, to judge whether or not it is worth the time and effort to save a...