Curriculum Visions Overview

Featured video: Durdle Door See how the arch formed, and fly through its 'door'. Supports: Geography coast Playing time: 4 min
Video playlist
Introduction: classroom cinema Introduction, setting the scene for coasts. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 10 min (liveclipmark V180)
Lulworth Cove case study A visit to Lulworth Cove in Dorset. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 6 min (liveclipmark V181)
Headland See waves break against a headland. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min
Headland Lighthouse The way that lighthouses protect our coasts and how they came to be. Supports: textbooks 'How we see things' Playing time: 3 min
Looe Fishing town A fishing town situated in a rugged coast Supports: Geography: settlement Playing time: 6 min
Groynes at Wittering Groynes are found on many beaches, but why are they necessary, and why are they in some places and not others? Supports: textbook The Coast Book Playing time: 4 min
Sand spits at Studland Sand spits are long, curved fingers of sand that jut into the sea. Supports: textbook The Coast Book Playing time: 3 min
Homes by the coast Seaside towns are long and thin as people want to have a sea view. But what happens in storms? Supports: textbook The Coast Book Playing time: 4 min
Coast sand dunes Long ridges of sand beside a sandy beach Supports: textbooks Geography Coast; Environment Playing time: 3 min
Catamaran ferry Large catamarans are used for fast ferries. Supports: textbooks Geography Coast; Science: Floating Playing time: 2 min
Landslides and mudflows Dramatic views of a coast covered with landslides, mudflows and fossils. Supports: textbooks Geography Coast; Science: fossils Playing time: 4 min
Spectacular Durdle Door natural arch See how the arch formed, and fly through its 'door'. Supports: Geography coast Playing time: 4 min
Stacks, arches and caves at Ballard Down natural arch One of England's most spectacular coasts in chalk. Drone view of the cliffs and features from the sea. Supports: textbooks Geography: Coast Playing time: 4 min
Stacks at Old Harry Shows the famous Old Harry and his wives cliffs near Bournemouth. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmarkV183)
Cliff notch See waves break against the base of a curve, creating a notch. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V178)
Many kinds of cliff Explains why cliffs have different angles. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 4 min (liveclipmark V179)
Cliffs made of soft rocks Visits Whitby to look at collapsing cliffs in soft clay. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 4 min (liveclipmark V182)
Exploring a cave A visit to a Cornish cave to see what influences its shape. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmarkV184)
Stair Hole, Dorset A visit to this famous site where a cave has been formed and the sea has flushed out the soft rocks behind it. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmark V217)
Bedruthan Steps sea stacks A visit to these famous Cornish sea stacks to see how crossing lines of weakness in the rocks has produced these strange features. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmark V185) >
Fjords Describes Norwegian fjords. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 8 min (liveclipmark V186)
Pebbles on a beach What do pebbles on a beach tell us? Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 7 min (liveclipmark V187)
Count the waves This is a practical activity to do and then match what you count to what is in the textbook. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V188)
Wave shapes Show how you can separate waves into different shapes (which have different coastal effects). Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V189)
Why are there no waves? Relates waves to wind. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V190)
Being safe at the beach Describes how to look out for dangerous swash and backwash. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V191)
What wave colour tells us Relates wave colour to sediment load. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V192)
Shells on the beach Encourages students to look for, and identify, shells. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V193)
Secrets of 'flat' beaches Explores a beach. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V194)
Storm wave surfing Looks at surfers in winter storms. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V195)
Chesil beach A visit to famous Chesil Beach. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V196)
Beaches in summer Describes a variety of summer beaches near Bournemouth. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 6 min (liveclipmark V197)
Drifting sand (longshore drift) Shows longshore drift at work. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmark V198)
Solway Firth Shows changes and waves on the Solway Firth. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 7 min (liveclipmark V199)
Seaside in winter Shows longshore drift at work. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V200)
Sheltered harbour Shows a harbour breakwater during a storm. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V201)
Summer beach Shows a wide variety of activities at the seaside. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 6 min (liveclipmark V202)
Quieter beaches Shows a more traditional family beach. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V203)
Things to do at the seaside Shows funfairs. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V204)
Crowded coastal waters Shows a sea channel near Poole Harbour. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V206)
Coastal path Shows a walk along a coastal path and considers coast conservation. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmark V207)
Druridge Bay ecosystem Case study of an ecosystem at Druridge Bay, Northumberland. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 4 min (liveclipmark V208)
Coastal dunes Shows the sand dunes at Druridge Bay. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V209)
Tough world in a rockpool Shows the tide coming and going in a rockpool. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V210)
Changing coast day by day Shows how the sea changes with the weather over a week. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 8 min (liveclipmark V211)
Seaside town case study: Whitby Takes a walk through Whitby. Cross-curricular with settlement. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 7 min (liveclipmark V212)
Seaside town case study: Victorian Silloth, Cumbria A look at the planned seaside town of Silloth. Cross-curricular with Victorians. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 12 min (liveclipmark V130)
A modern-day lifeboat A short video showing a new lifeboat, and why it is designed this way. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V214)
Sharks in the ocean Sharks being fed among reef fish. Suitable for older children only. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book', 'Caring for the environment'. Playing time: 5 min (liveclipmark V215)
Ocean reef life Galapagos and its marine wildlife. Shows seals, iguana, sharks, coral, sea horses and much more. Supports: textbooks 'The Coast Book', 'Caring for the environment'. Playing time: 5 min (liveclipmark V216)
Sea kayaking Shows sea-kayaks and kayaking through the surf. Supports: textbooks 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V1180)

Featured video: Durdle Door See how the arch formed, and fly through its 'door'. Supports: Geography coast Playing time: 4 min

Video playlist

Introduction: classroom cinema Introduction, setting the scene for coasts. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 10 min (liveclipmark V180)

Lulworth Cove case study A visit to Lulworth Cove in Dorset. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 6 min (liveclipmark V181)

Headland See waves break against a headland. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min

Headland Lighthouse The way that lighthouses protect our coasts and how they came to be. Supports: textbooks 'How we see things' Playing time: 3 min

Looe Fishing town A fishing town situated in a rugged coast Supports: Geography: settlement Playing time: 6 min

Groynes at Wittering Groynes are found on many beaches, but why are they necessary, and why are they in some places and not others? Supports: textbook The Coast Book Playing time: 4 min

Sand spits at Studland Sand spits are long, curved fingers of sand that jut into the sea. Supports: textbook The Coast Book Playing time: 3 min

Homes by the coast Seaside towns are long and thin as people want to have a sea view. But what happens in storms? Supports: textbook The Coast Book Playing time: 4 min

Coast sand dunes Long ridges of sand beside a sandy beach Supports: textbooks Geography Coast; Environment Playing time: 3 min

Catamaran ferry Large catamarans are used for fast ferries. Supports: textbooks Geography Coast; Science: Floating Playing time: 2 min

Landslides and mudflows Dramatic views of a coast covered with landslides, mudflows and fossils. Supports: textbooks Geography Coast; Science: fossils Playing time: 4 min

Spectacular Durdle Door natural arch See how the arch formed, and fly through its 'door'. Supports: Geography coast Playing time: 4 min

Stacks, arches and caves at Ballard Down natural arch One of England's most spectacular coasts in chalk. Drone view of the cliffs and features from the sea. Supports: textbooks Geography: Coast Playing time: 4 min

Stacks at Old Harry Shows the famous Old Harry and his wives cliffs near Bournemouth. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmarkV183)

Cliff notch See waves break against the base of a curve, creating a notch. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V178)

Many kinds of cliff Explains why cliffs have different angles. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 4 min (liveclipmark V179)

Cliffs made of soft rocks Visits Whitby to look at collapsing cliffs in soft clay. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 4 min (liveclipmark V182)

Exploring a cave A visit to a Cornish cave to see what influences its shape. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmarkV184)

Stair Hole, Dorset A visit to this famous site where a cave has been formed and the sea has flushed out the soft rocks behind it. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmark V217)

Bedruthan Steps sea stacks A visit to these famous Cornish sea stacks to see how crossing lines of weakness in the rocks has produced these strange features. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmark V185)

Fjords Describes Norwegian fjords. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 8 min (liveclipmark V186)

Pebbles on a beach What do pebbles on a beach tell us? Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 7 min (liveclipmark V187)

Count the waves This is a practical activity to do and then match what you count to what is in the textbook. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V188)

Wave shapes Show how you can separate waves into different shapes (which have different coastal effects). Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V189)

Why are there no waves? Relates waves to wind. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V190)

Being safe at the beach Describes how to look out for dangerous swash and backwash. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V191)

What wave colour tells us Relates wave colour to sediment load. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V192)

Shells on the beach Encourages students to look for, and identify, shells. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V193)

Secrets of 'flat' beaches Explores a beach. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V194)

Storm wave surfing Looks at surfers in winter storms. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V195)

Chesil beach A visit to famous Chesil Beach. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V196)

Beaches in summer Describes a variety of summer beaches near Bournemouth. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 6 min (liveclipmark V197)

Drifting sand (longshore drift) Shows longshore drift at work. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmark V198)

Solway Firth Shows changes and waves on the Solway Firth. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 7 min (liveclipmark V199)

Seaside in winter Shows longshore drift at work. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V200)

Sheltered harbour Shows a harbour breakwater during a storm. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V201)

Summer beach Shows a wide variety of activities at the seaside. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 6 min (liveclipmark V202)

Quieter beaches Shows a more traditional family beach. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V203)

Things to do at the seaside Shows funfairs. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V204)

Crowded coastal waters Shows a sea channel near Poole Harbour. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V206)

Coastal path Shows a walk along a coastal path and considers coast conservation. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmark V207)

Druridge Bay ecosystem Case study of an ecosystem at Druridge Bay, Northumberland. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 4 min (liveclipmark V208)

Coastal dunes Shows the sand dunes at Druridge Bay. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V209)

Tough world in a rockpool Shows the tide coming and going in a rockpool. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V210)

Changing coast day by day Shows how the sea changes with the weather over a week. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 8 min (liveclipmark V211)

Seaside town case study: Whitby Takes a walk through Whitby. Cross-curricular with settlement. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 7 min (liveclipmark V212)

Seaside town case study: Victorian Silloth, Cumbria A look at the planned seaside town of Silloth. Cross-curricular with Victorians. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 12 min (liveclipmark V130)

A modern-day lifeboat A short video showing a new lifeboat, and why it is designed this way. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V214)

Sharks in the ocean Sharks being fed among reef fish. Suitable for older children only. Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book', 'Caring for the environment'. Playing time: 5 min (liveclipmark V215)

Ocean reef life Galapagos and its marine wildlife. Shows seals, iguana, sharks, coral, sea horses and much more. Supports: textbooks 'The Coast Book', 'Caring for the environment'. Playing time: 5 min (liveclipmark V216)

Sea kayaking Shows sea-kayaks and kayaking through the surf. Supports: textbooks 'The Coast Book'. Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V1180)

Featured video: Durdle Door

See how the arch formed, and fly through its 'door'.
Supports: Geography coast
Playing time: 4 min

Introduction: classroom cinema
Introduction, setting the scene for coasts.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 10 min (liveclipmark V180)

Lulworth Cove case study
A visit to Lulworth Cove in Dorset.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 6 min (liveclipmark V181)

Headland
See waves break against a headland.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 2 min

Headland Lighthouse
The way that lighthouses protect our coasts and how they came to be.
Supports: textbooks 'How we see things'
Playing time: 3 min

Looe Fishing town
A fishing town situated in a rugged coast
Supports: Geography: settlement
Playing time: 6 min

Groynes at Wittering
Groynes are found on many beaches, but why are they necessary, and why are they in some places and not others?
Supports: textbook The Coast Book
Playing time: 4 min

Sand spits at Studland
Sand spits are long, curved fingers of sand that jut into the sea.
Supports: textbook The Coast Book
Playing time: 3 min

Homes by the coast
Seaside towns are long and thin as people want to have a sea view. But what happens in storms?
Supports: textbook The Coast Book
Playing time: 4 min

Coast sand dunes
Long ridges of sand beside a sandy beach
Supports: textbooks Geography Coast; Environment
Playing time: 3 min

Catamaran ferry
Large catamarans are used for fast ferries.
Supports: textbooks Geography Coast; Science: Floating
Playing time: 2 min

Landslides and mudflows
Dramatic views of a coast covered with landslides, mudflows and fossils.
Supports: textbooks Geography Coast; Science: fossils
Playing time: 4 min

Spectacular Durdle Door natural arch
See how the arch formed, and fly through its 'door'.
Supports: Geography coast
Playing time: 4 min

Stacks, arches and caves at Ballard Down natural arch
One of England's most spectacular coasts in chalk. Drone view of the cliffs and features from the sea.
Supports: textbooks Geography: Coast
Playing time: 4 min

Stacks at Old Harry
Shows the famous Old Harry and his wives cliffs near Bournemouth.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmarkV183)

Cliff notch
See waves break against the base of a curve, creating a notch.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 2 min
(liveclipmark V178)

Many kinds of cliff
Explains why cliffs have different angles.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 4 min (liveclipmark V179)

Cliffs made of soft rocks
Visits Whitby to look at collapsing cliffs in soft clay.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 4 min (liveclipmark V182)

Exploring a cave
A visit to a Cornish cave to see what influences its shape.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmarkV184)

Stair Hole, Dorset
A visit to this famous site where a cave has been formed and the sea has flushed out the soft rocks behind it.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmark V217)

Bedruthan Steps sea stacks
A visit to these famous Cornish sea stacks to see how crossing lines of weakness in the rocks has produced these strange features.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmark V185)

Fjords
Describes Norwegian fjords.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 8 min (liveclipmark V186)

Pebbles on a beach
What do pebbles on a beach tell us?
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 7 min (liveclipmark V187)

Count the waves
This is a practical activity to do and then match what you count to what is in the textbook.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V188)

Wave shapes
Show how you can separate waves into different shapes (which have different coastal effects).
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V189)

Why are there no waves?
Relates waves to wind.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V190)

Being safe at the beach
Describes how to look out for dangerous swash and backwash.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V191)

What wave colour tells us
Relates wave colour to sediment load.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V192)

Shells on the beach
Encourages students to look for, and identify, shells.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V193)

Secrets of 'flat' beaches
Explores a beach.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V194)

Storm wave surfing
Looks at surfers in winter storms.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V195)

Chesil beach
A visit to famous Chesil Beach.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V196)

Beaches in summer
Describes a variety of summer beaches near Bournemouth.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 6 min (liveclipmark V197)

Drifting sand (longshore drift)
Shows longshore drift at work.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmark V198)

Solway Firth
Shows changes and waves on the Solway Firth.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 7 min (liveclipmark V199)

Seaside in winter
Shows longshore drift at work.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V200)

Sheltered harbour
Shows a harbour breakwater during a storm.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V201)

Summer beach
Shows a wide variety of activities at the seaside.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 6 min (liveclipmark V202)

Quieter beaches
Shows a more traditional family beach.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V203)

Things to do at the seaside
Shows funfairs.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V204)

Crowded coastal waters
Shows a sea channel near Poole Harbour.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V206)

Coastal path
Shows a walk along a coastal path and considers coast conservation.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 3 min (liveclipmark V207)

Druridge Bay ecosystem
Case study of an ecosystem at Druridge Bay, Northumberland.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 4 min (liveclipmark V208)

Coastal dunes
Shows the sand dunes at Druridge Bay.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V209)

Tough world in a rockpool
Shows the tide coming and going in a rockpool.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V210)

Changing coast day by day
Shows how the sea changes with the weather over a week.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 8 min (liveclipmark V211)

Seaside town case study: Whitby
Takes a walk through Whitby. Cross-curricular with settlement.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 7 min (liveclipmark V212)

Seaside town case study: Victorian Silloth, Cumbria
A look at the planned seaside town of Silloth. Cross-curricular with Victorians.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 12 min (liveclipmark V130)

A modern-day lifeboat
A short video showing a new lifeboat, and why it is designed this way.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 1 min (liveclipmark V214)

Sharks in the ocean
Sharks being fed among reef fish. Suitable for older children only.
Supports: textbook 'The Coast Book', 'Caring for the environment'.
Playing time: 5 min (liveclipmark V215)

Ocean reef life
Galapagos and its marine wildlife. Shows seals, iguana, sharks, coral, sea horses and much more.
Supports: textbooks 'The Coast Book', 'Caring for the environment'.
Playing time: 5 min (liveclipmark V216)

Sea kayaking
Shows sea-kayaks and kayaking through the surf.
Supports: textbooks 'The Coast Book'.
Playing time: 2 min (liveclipmark V1180)