The Shifting Sands of the Outer Banks: Coastal Dynamics and Human Impact

This five-page worksheet explores erosion, longshore currents, storms, sea level rise, shoreline retreat, tourism, and coastal development in North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

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This five-page worksheet explores erosion, longshore currents, storms, sea level rise, shoreline retreat, tourism, and coastal development in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Students respond to questions that connect natural processes with environmental and community consequences.

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Students will identify natural processes that contribute to coastal erosion.
Students will explain how shoreline retreat affects coastal communities.
Students will analyze relationships between tourism, development, and erosion.
Students will use evidence to explain potential long-term consequences of coastal change.

The Shifting Sands of the Outer Banks: Coastal Dynamics and Human Impact

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Clear goals. Useful learning.

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