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The Geography Department

 

GCSE	Edexcel Geography Specification A syllabus no.1312
A1  The Physical World	A1 a  Coasts
Chapter 1  pages	Tomorrow's Geography  Mike Harcourt and Steph Warren, published by Hodder and Stoughton 0 340 79965 X
Coastal Erosion The impact of erosion, weathering and mass movement on the coast: cliffs and wave-cut platforms, headlands and bays, caves, arches, stacks and stump.
Students should: Explain the different types of wave erosion, weathering and mass movement that affects coastlines. Describe and explain the formation of cliffs and wave-cut platforms, headlands and bays, caves, arches, stacks and stump.
Coastal Erosion   5 lessons   flash animations more flash animations	Teacher explanation of processes operating on the cliff face and cliff foot. Use of videos to aid explanation. Textbook and teacher explanation of the characteristics features of coastal landforms and the way they are formed. Use of photographs, annotated diagrams and sequences of diagrams.
Coastal Deposition The impact of transportation and deposition on the coast: beaches, spits and bars.
Students should: Explain how the sea transports and deposits material, for example longshore drift. Describe and explain the formation of beaches, spits and bars.
Coastal Deposition   3 lessons	Teacher/textbook explanation of processes. Teacher explanation of formation of landforms. Use of video, photograph and map evidence, annotated diagrams and field sketches.
GCSE home	1. Coastal landscapes  2. Glaciated Landscapes  3. River Landscapes  meanders and waterfalls