Lesson 5 Beach reclamation

Vocabulary: Georgia coastal islands, barrier island, beach

nourishment, dredging, jetty, and sea wall
Review the teacher made powerpoint explaining barrier island,
beach nourishment, dredging, jetty, and sea wall! Students will
write and act out a simple play about beaches !he play should
demonstrate processes that "orm, erode, and protect beaches
!hey will also research and report on an example o" beach
reclamation or beach protection Students will compare the
methods used in their example to those presented in the lesson
#ssential $uestions
1. How do jetties afect beaches?
2. How might a dam on a river change
ocean beaches near the mouth of the
river?
K5 Science Endorsement GPS Lesson Plan
Title Beach reclamation
Teacher(s)
T. ONeil
E-mail
Tracey.O!eil"scc#ss.com
School
$OH
Lesson
Title
Beach reclamation
Grade
Level
%th
Concets
(s)
Tar!eted
Lesson Essential "#estions
1. How do jetties afect beaches?
2. How might a dam on a river change ocean beaches near the
mouth of the river?
Geor!ia Per$ormance Standards %
&elate the role of technology and human intervention in the control of
constructive and destructive #rocesses. '(am#les include) but are not limited to
* +eismological studies)
* ,lood control) -dams) levees) storm drain management) etc..
* Beach reclamation -/eorgia coastal islands.
Sa$et& Considerations -

The Learnin! Plan'
'!/0/'1 &eview the teacher made #ower#oint e(#laining barrier island)
beach nourishment) dredging) jetty) and sea wall2
'345O&'1 +tudents will write sim#le #lay about beaches. The #lay should
demonstrate #rocesses that form) erode) and #rotect beaches.
'3450$!1 +tudents will act out their sim#le #lay about beaches. The #lay
should demonstrate #rocesses that form) erode) and #rotect beaches.
'3T'!61 They will also research and re#ort on an e(am#le of beach
reclamation or beach #rotection. +tudents will com#are the methods used in
their e(am#le to those #resented in the lesson.
'70580T'1 +tudents will write their e(#eriences with their #lay and
research9#lay in this lesson. They will #roduce a written e(#laination for
others of their #lay and ways to be successful writing. They will use the
wor:sheet above to hel# them with vocabulary along with ideas of ;ause and
'fect while communicating the controlling <ood waters.
Title o$ the Lesson'
Lesson Lo!istics()aterials' &eview the teacher made #ower#oint
e(#laining barrier island) beach nourishment) dredging) jetty) and sea wall2
Oenin!(*oo+(,nitial -oc#s' &eview the teacher made #ower#oint
e(#laining barrier island) beach nourishment) dredging) jetty) and sea wall2
.or+ Session' +tudents will write and act out a sim#le #lay about beaches.
The #lay should demonstrate #rocesses that form) erode) and #rotect
beaches. They will also research and re#ort on an e(am#le of beach
reclamation or beach #rotection. +tudents will com#are the methods used in
their e(am#le to those #resented in the lesson.
Closin!' +tudents will write their e(#eriences with their #lay and
research9#lay in this lesson. They will #roduce a written e(#laination for
others of their #lay and ways to be successful writing. They will use the
wor:sheet above to hel# them with vocabulary along with ideas of ;ause and
'fect while communicating the controlling <ood waters.