| YEAR 10: COASTS Scheme of Work – Term: Autumn 1st Half | |||||
| Lesson | Question Idea / Topic | Suggested Activities | Resources | Skills/ICT/Num & Lit | Assessment Opportunities |
| 1 | Introduction to
Coasts: Waves and wave formation |
Slides / visual
stimulus Define what the Coast is. Go through the formation of Waves. Circular motion. |
Videos Slides of Hunstanton Cliffs OHT’s: Wave formation Possible use of ‘blankety-blank’ exercise. Filling in terms from wordbank. OCR Book: pp.40-41 Leaflet on Hunstanton cliffs |
Picture interpretation. | Homework: Human
use of Coastal Areas; How do humans damage the coast? Details on Blue Flag scheme. |
| 2 | Wave Erosion | Need to know the terms: Destructive / Constructive wave; Fetch; Wavelength; Swash; Backwash | Videos Textbook: Geog.2 Key Geog for GCSE OCR: pp.42-43 |
Notetaking from Video | |
| 3 | Wave Transportation / deposition | Longshore Drift Deposition of material: what conditions lead to the deposition and accumulation of sediment ? |
Diagram of LSD
needed Key Geog for GCSE |
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| 4 | Landscapes of Erosion | Need to know the sequence of erosion by which a headland is eroded: joints, sea caves, natural arch, blowhole, stack, stump, wave cut platform. Wave cut notch etc. | Key Geog for GCSE OHT showing stages in erosion of Headland (Key Geog teachers’ Guide) SCAA Laminated sheets Video: Old Harry’s Secret: Prog. 1 from ‘Geography in Animation’ series + teachers’ notes Past Question from 1994 on Spits. OCR: pp.44-45 |
ICT: Information
on Old Harry Mapwork Photo interpretation |
What happened next ? |
| 5 | Case Study: Holderness Coast | Need to know the
location of the coast, and the names of towns along it. What is happening at the Holderness coast ? Why is erosion so fast along this stretch of coastline, and how is it affecting people ? What can be done to slow down the erosion ? |
Video: Holderness:
‘Shifting Sands’ + question sheet Video: Nightmare Homes – The Mars family on Holderness / Scotts in Happisburgh Clippings on Sue Earle OCR: pp.48-51 |
Mapping. Creative
writing. Note taking. |
Piece of work based on the erosion of Holderness cliffs / loss of Holbeck Hall hotel |
| 6 | Landscapes of Deposition | Need to know
features: Beaches, Bar, Spit, Tombolo Note-taking needed. Plus labelled diagram for each feature. Could also do an internet image search to find other examples. |
Video: Spurn Point Video 2 from ‘Geography in Animation’ series + Teachers’ notes (heads and tails exercise) OCR: pp. 46-7 |
Mapwork Graphicacy – annotating diagrams |
Heads and tails exercise, or revise for vocabulary test. |
| 7 | Case Study: Purbeck Coast, Dorset | Erosion of
coastline to form Durdle Door, Lulworth Cove Need to appreciate the effect that Geology has on the formation of coastal landforms. |
Old Harry: maps of
Purbeck coast. Excellent website now available. Video: Changing Coastlines. Question sheet to go with video. Exercise in new Mapskills book. |
Note-taking. Interpretation of map and photo together. |
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| 8 | Methods to reduce erosion along the Holderness Coast. | Look at different
types of sea defences GJS notes. |
Key Geog for GCSE
+ teachers’ notes Garret Nagle’s KS3 Homework pack OCR: pp. 48-51 |
Numeracy – working out relative costs of different schemes | |
| 9 | Mapwork in Coastal context. | Mappleton: Past Question to show use of mapskills. | Mapwork | Past Question
activity Also need to revise for end of topic test. |
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This scheme of work, plus a range of suitable websites also online at:
http://www.geographypages.co.uk
Textbooks:
Geog.2: pp. 4-21
Key Geog for GCSE: pp.4-11
Complete Geography: pp. 24-39
The UK: pp.20-23
A New Introduction to Geography for OCR Specification A: pp. 40-51
Rivers and Coasts: pp.25-46
Revise for Geography GCSE: pp.23-27