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Lessons 12-13
COASTAL LANDSCAPES

Truth to Teach (Source)

Genesis 22:17 ‘I will surely bless you and make your descendants as
numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the

seashore.’

1 Kings 4:29 ‘God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a
breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the
seashore.’

 The countless grains of sand on the seashore are often used in scripture to illustrate
huge numbers or vast amounts.

 Erosion and deposition are always taking place on the coastline.

 The action of waves affects the coastline.

 The formation of cliffs, stumps, stacks, arches, blow-holes and caves.

 Building beaches – sand dunes and sand banks

Way to Work (Means)

1. Review the previous lessons.

2. Show the children pictures of different coastlines and discuss their favourite holiday

beaches. Ask if they have ever counted the sand on the seashore. Quote the above
verses and briefly discuss their meaning.

3. Talk about why the coastlines vary so much around our country and across the world

(different rocks, different weather and human intervention). Explain that erosion and
deposition are continually happening around coastlines. Flamborough Head and Spurn
Head on Humberside are examples of erosion which happens at a rate of two metres
a year. Since medieval ties at least twenty villages have been washed away by the

sea in that area. Let the children find these places in their atlases.

4. Explain that the sea crashes against the cliffs breaking down the rocks which are
washed into the sea. Gradually, they are worn down into pebbles and sand as they

crash against the cliffs which in turn get broken even more.

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