Active banners: 0 Visible banners: 0
Mangrove Forests: Coastal Erosion Mitigation
Provided by: The Kid Should See This |Published on: April 18, 2025
Videos
6789101112
Synopsis
- In this video, students will see a demonstration of a storm surge on a coastline using a model that was built to demonstrate how mangroves function to protect the coast during storms.
- Students will learn how mangroves can protect the coast and will be introduced to geomorphology.
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: The Kid Should See This
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This article and video are both brief, making them easy to fit into a pre-existing lesson.
- The model demonstration is very interesting and includes text to help illustrate what is happening.
Prerequisites
- Students should be familiar with mangroves and where they grow.
- It may benefit students to understand that coastal flooding and stronger storms are side effects of global warming and climate change.
Differentiation & Implementation
- This video and article can introduce students to the power of mangroves as a barrier between land and sea. After learning this, students can study the other ecosystem services mangroves provide. The Magic of Mangroves Secondary Lesson Plan can help with this.
- Teachers can implement this video in a lesson about nature-based solutions.
- Advanced students can look at the sequestration power of mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes with the Project Drawdown article Coastal Wetland Protection.
- Language arts students can precede this video with a vocabulary exploration of the word geomorphology, separating the word parts to hypothesize a definition.
Scientist Notes
Teaching Tips
Standards
Resource Type and Format
About the Partner Provider
The Kid Should See This
The Kid Should See This is a Webby award-winning collection of over 7,000 kid-friendly videos, curated for teachers and parents who want to share smarter, more meaningful media in the classroom and at home. Selections are grown-up-friendly, too. And thanks to TKSST members, it’s free and ad-free for everyone. Start conversations, spark questions, and inspire offline exploration for all ages.
All resources can be used for your educational purposes with proper attribution to the content provider.
