Life's a Beach - Dunes form and function

This is one of six education resource topics created for teachers of science and social science.

This page includes activities for students looking at how sand dunes are formed and why we need them.

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
4a	The importance of sand dunes Activity summary and activity sheets	About the environment	Interdependence Sustainability	English Social Science Science	Any
4b	Dune formation Activity summary and activity sheets PDF of PowerPoint Presentation	About the environment	Interdependence	Social Science Science	Senior Secondary
4c	Sand budgeting Activity summary and activity sheets	About the environment	Interdependence Sustainability	Literacy	Secondary - Senior Secondary
4d	Role of plants in dunes Activity summary and activity sheets PDF of PowerPoint presentation	About the environment	Biodiversity Interdependence Sustainability	Social Science Science	Any
4e	Role of plants in dunes - Bryans Beach case study Activity summary and activity sheets	About the environment	Biodiversity Interdependence Sustainability	Social Science Science	Level 4 and above
4f	Beach profiling - eroding and accreting dune comparison Activity summary and activity sheets	About and for/with the environment	Interdependence Sustainability Biodiversity	Social Science Science	Senior secondary
4g	Tsunami and the dunes! Activity summary and activity sheets	About the environment	Interdependence	Social Science Science	Any secondary