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 241 418 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