Reality TV meets formal learning on the Jurassic Coast? A new DVD resource pack launched by the Devon Learning and Development Partnership and the Jurassic Coast will bring a bit of reality to geography lessons in Primary and Secondary schools across the country. Using film footage on the Jurassic Coast and interviews with a range of experts, the film explores the sensitive issues surrounding the protection of the World Heritage Site against the needs for coastal defences. The first two chapters of the film focus on the geomorphological  and geological features of the Jurassic Coast. These sections are ideal for Primary Geography as the footage explores a wide range of coastal features that pupils must identify at KS2. The DVD then examines the issues involved in fossil collecting and this forms the basis of an enquiry led session. All classroom resources are included on a CD which accompanies the DVD. 

The latter part of the DVD focuses on the different types of coastal defences that occur along the coast and their impacts on the environment. In all chapters key people are interviewed, including Caroline and Derek whose houses are both threatened by coastal erosion and landslippage. The DVD results in an enquiry based study aimed at Key Stage 3, which asks the question ‘What should happen at Pennington Point?’. Teachers and pupils use the DVD and an accompanying CD in order to seek a resolution to the issue.

The Coastal Conflicts DVD is available now to purchase from the Devon Learning and Development Partnership Shop for £39.99:

• Primary Coastal Conflicts DVD 
• Secondary Coastal Conflicts DVD