wunder beta🏖️ Coasts and Beaches
Let's take a happy trip to the seaside to feel the sand, watch the waves, and find shells and crabs!
What you’ll learn
- At the SeasideLearn that the coast is where the land meets the sea, and name things you can find there like shells and seagulls.The coast is the place where the land meets the sea. At the beach you can find pretty shells washed up on the sand, and seagulls fly and call up in the sky. It is a happy, sunny place to visit.
- The Sea and the SandLearn that beaches are made of sand or pebbles, that the tide moves in and out, and what lives in a rock pool.Some beaches are soft sand and some are covered in pebbles. The sea slowly comes in and goes out, and this is called the tide. When the sea goes out it leaves rock pools where little crabs and other creatures live.
Questions this course answers
What is the coast?
The coast is the special place where the land ends and the sea begins.
What can you find washed up on the sand?
Shells wash up from the sea onto the sand, and each one is different.
What are beaches made of?
Some beaches are soft sand and others are covered in small stones called pebbles.
Where might you spot a little crab?
Crabs like to live in the little pools of water left in the rocks when the sea goes out.
What is the tide?
The tide is the way the sea slowly moves in and then back out, making the beach bigger and smaller.
Grounded in trusted sources
- National Geographic Kids
- NOAA
- Britannica Kids
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