Features of Emergent and Submergent Coastlines

You are producing an A3 revision poster for one of the following features of sea level change at the coast.  Be ready to present these to the rest of the group next week (finish case study research for homework due Tuesday):

Rias - Joe and Richard
Fjords - Jack and Essa
Raised beaches and relict cliffs - Darcie and Calum
Isostatic sea level change - Matilde, Rina, Thea
Eustatic sea level change - Daniel and Liv
Present and predicted impacts of sea level change - Amie and Elishba

Remember DEEP :

Describe/define the feature or process – a one sentence, clear definition.

Explain how it forms, how the process operates, or what the effects of the process are.

Example case study – quote located details about a specific example, eg map and information about how it formed...

Picture – find a photo or draw a simple diagram of your feature or process and annotate it with key features/located detail

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Easter Revision Sessions - what do you think?

We are proposing to offer some revision sessions in the Easter holidays:

1-2 pm (room 18)  Physical Geography with Mrs Wheeldon
2-3 pm  (room 17) Human Geography with Miss Tudor
The aim of these sessions will be to practice key revision techniques and past papers to support your Easter revision.
Please comment on the blog to confirm whether you will attend these sessions.

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Factors affecting the rate of coastal erosion

Last lesson we reviewed some of the processes affecting the rate of erosion at the coast, including wave refraction and geology.  Remember to refer to your photocopied handouts on this (the posters you all produced in class).

We have also created an annotated diagram of the formation of a spit - read the section in the textbook on this, and finish your annotation.  Be ready to use your notes to solve a mystery in Tuesday's lesson.

Homework:  Exam questions (double-sided sheet) are due to be completed for Tuesday 8th March. 

Mock Exams

Geography Mock Exams:

Human Geography Monday 28th February period 1
Population question + fieldwork question

Physical Geography Tuesday 1st March period 5
Rivers question + rivers skills question

In each exam you will be set a question from a geog1 past paper and 1 question from a geog2 (skills) paper.  Each question should take about half an hour to complete, so each exam will be one hour.

Factors affecting Coastal Erosion at Lulworth

Homework for Thursday 17th February.

Read the A3 information sheets provided, and the textbook, pp 79-82.

Answer all questions on the task sheet, Case Study of Landforms of Coastal Erosion - Lulworth, Dorset.

NB Make sure your answers are in the form of notes that you can revise from later - ie use full sentences and either write out the questions, or refer back to the question, eg Q  What is a wave-cut platform?  A  A wave-cut platform is....

Which factor is the most important factor affecting the rate of erosion along this coastline? 

Leave a comment on the blog to suggest your idea, and explain your view.
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Describing Coastal Features

Today, we discussed coastal erosion processes and drew annotated diagrams to define these (elishba and amie, please do this for homework).

We then practiced drawing annotated sketch diagrams.  Remember the following rules for these:

1.  Draw the features in simple outline and name them correctly (eg beach, cliff, arch, stack)

2.  Add details about:

• rock type - colour, faults and joints, vertical, horizontal or angled strata,
• slope (gently sloping or steep)
• vegetation (grass, trees, patchy or full ground cover)

3.  Add annotation to explain factors affecting these features, including:

• Wave action (describe the wave types in the photo)
• Erosion processes (name them)
• Cliff top weathering (freeze thaw, chemical weathering, biological weathering etc....)
• Human activity (footpath erosion, settlement, coastal management)
• Evidence of tectonic activity

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Introducing Coasts

Homework for Tuesday 1st February:  What is the coast?   Create a 1 page summary to answer this question, including definitions and diagrams. 

To help you with this, read the geofile handout, and read the brown textbook pp 70-73.  You could also look at the following websites:

http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/coasts.html

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/designatedareas/heritagecoasts/default.aspx

http://gatm.org.uk/geographyatthemovies/coasts.html

Be ready for this to be reviewed on Tuesday's lesson.  We are looking for detail, definitions and diagrams!

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