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

   
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.

 
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.

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

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