Title Information: Living With the Tides: Living With the Tides explores tidal habitats and describes the plants and animals that live there and how they survive. It also discusses the threats faced by this fragile environment, and how we can all help to keep these areas clean and healthy.Content vocabulary:brackish, bulrush, depressions, ecosystem, estuary, fluke, holdfast, mangrove, migratory, mudflats, phytoplankton, sedge, sediment, submerge, terrapin, tidal zone, tsunamiKey concepts: Tidal environments are areas of land between the high and low tides in coastal areas Plants and animals that live in tidal habitats have adapted to survive in this environment Tidal environments can be damaged by nature and by peopleReading Strategies: Synthesising information in a diagramRelated resource:Lesson Plan - Living With the TidesSeries Information:
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