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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
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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.
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