Why is Yvonne & Shawn Mars’s pig farm falling into the sea? A coastal geography mystery
Watch this film clip… http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/a-farm-being-lost-to-the-sea-on-the-holderness-coastline/3189.html Their farm is at GR 241 148 on the Hornsea OS Map The aerial photo is of the village if Mappleton (GR 22 43/44)
Your task is to work out why their farm is at risk of falling into the sea. Use all the resources available: The video The map The photograph The cards The photographs on this powerpoint The other weblinks Solve the mystery: write an account of what is happening on this stretch of the coastline to explain why their farm is about to go into the sea. This is also on moodle.
Images of the area
You can learn more from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/coastal/coastalmanagementrev3.shtml http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/8390941.stm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mappleton http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/mappleton.html#location