Lesson 1: What are coasts and why are they so important?
Print and complete the worksheet explaining what coasts are and their different parts.
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Create a 1 page information fact-sheet illustrating why coasts are useful. Your fact-sheet should contain.
- Explanation of what coasts are.
- Diagrams and images of coasts.
- Interesting numerical facts about coasts.
- A list of human and physical uses of coasts.
Lesson 2: Different types of coasts and waves
Draw a labelled diagram of waves and define all the key terms. Complete the worksheet below.
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- Crest: The top of the wave.
- Trough: The low area in between two waves.
- Wavelength: The distance between two crests or two troughs.
- Wave height: The distance between the crest and the trough.
- Wave Frequency: The number of waves per minute.
- Velocity: The speed that a wave is traveling. It is influenced by the wind, fetch and depth of water.
- Swash: The movement of water and load up the beach.
- Backwash: The movement of water and load back down the beach.
Draw and explain the following two types of wave.
Review the unit and key words - close books and use mini whiteboards to answer revision questions
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Lesson 3: Coastal processes:
erosion, transportation & deposition
Coastal erosion
The sea shapes the coastal landscape. Coastal erosion is the wearing away and breaking up of rock along the coast. Destructive waves erode the coastline in a number of ways:
The sea shapes the coastal landscape. Coastal erosion is the wearing away and breaking up of rock along the coast. Destructive waves erode the coastline in a number of ways:
- Abrasion or Corrasion
- Hydraulic Action
- Attrition
- Solution of Corrosion

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File Size: | 41 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Play the following Revision Kahoot
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Lesson 4: Erosional Coastal features
Complete the erosional features worksheet. You will need to draw a diagram and also complete the explanation. To help you with the explanation divide up the diagram into logical stages - number them and then you will be able to create a brief sentence for each.
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Lesson 5: Depositional Coastal features
Complete the worksheet on Depositional coastal features
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Sand dunes from Steven Heath |
Coastal Features Revision Quizizz
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Lesson 6: Coastal Defences

how_can_we_protect_the_coast_powerpoint.ppt | |
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Worksheets
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Information Sheets
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Lesson 7&8: Case STudy -Coastal Management

holderness_coast.ppt | |
File Size: | 17938 kb |
File Type: | ppt |
Worksheets and information sheets for group investigation/case study
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