Life's a Beach - Management and Action

This is one of six education resource topics created for teachers of science and social science. This page includes activities for students looking how we can reduce the human impact on the beach environment.

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The chart below outlines all activities that can be used in the classroom as well as out in the environment.

Activities		Environmental Education Aspect	Environmental Education Concept	Curriculum Links	Suggested Curriculum Level
6a	Reducing human impacts Activity summary and activity sheets	About the environment	Sustainability Personal and social responsibility for action	Social Science	Any
6b	Dune use management and different parts of the beach Activity summary and activity sheets	About the environment	Personal and social responsibility for action Sustainability Interdependence	Social Science	Any secondary
6c	RMA and coastal management legislation Activity summary and activity sheets	About the environment	Personal and social responsibility for action Sustainability Interdependence	Social Science	Any secondary
6d	Decision making - who does what on the coast? Activity summary and activity sheets PDF of PowerPoint presentation Managing our coast	About the environment	Interdependence Personal and social responsibility for action Sustainability	Social Science	Any secondary
6e	Coast Care Activity summary and activity sheets PDF of PowerPoint presentation	For/with the environment	Personal and social responsibility for action Sustainability	Social Science	Any
6f	Coast Care jigsaw Activity summary and activity sheets	About the environment	Sustainability Interdependence	Social Science	Level 4 and below
6g	Values and the dunes Activity summary and activity sheets	About the environment	Personal and social responsibility for action Interdependence Sustainability	Social Science	Level 4 and above
6h	Values and decision making case study - Pukehina Activity summary and activity sheets	About the environment	Sustainability Interdependence	Social Science	Any secondary
6i	Values role play Activity summary and activity sheets	About the environment	Interdependence Sustainability	Social Science	Any secondary
6j	Coastal protection - different management options Activity summary and activity sheets PDF of PowerPoint presentation	About the environment	Sustainability Interdependence	Social Science	Any secondary
6k	Beach management case study - Ōhiwa Activity summary and activity sheets PDF of Powerpoint presentation	About the environment	Biodiversity Sustainability Interdependence	Social Science	Any secondary
6l	Create your own beach case study Activity summary and activity sheets	For/with the environment	Personal and social responsibility for action Sustainability Interdependence	Social Science	Level 3 and above
6m	Developing a plan of action to protect the local beach Activity summary and activity sheets	For/with the environment	Biodiversity Personal and social responsibility for action Sustainability Interdependence	Social Science	Level 2 and above
6n	Oil spills and the beach community Activity summary and activity sheets	About the environment	Interdependence	Social Science Science	Any secondary