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outputs. Understand coastal landscapes as being in dynamic equilibrium that includes: positive feedback negative feedback. Coasts as characteristic landscapes Understand the concepts of: landform landscape. Appreciate that characteristic coastal landscapes are the combination of related landforms. Weeks 2–3 – Systems and processes Specification content Subject specific skills development Learning outcomes Suggested learning activities (including ref to differentiation and extension activities) Resources Sources of energy in coastal environments: winds, waves (constructive and destructive), currents and tides. Low energy and high energy coasts. Sediment sources, and budgets. Geomorphological processes: weathering, mass movement, erosion, Use of key subject specific and technical terminology. Opportunities to develop skills such as drawing, labelling and annotating diagrams. Opportunity to characteristics of Identify different zones of the coastline, to include: backshore foreshore inshore offshore nearshore swash zone surf zone breaker zone. Identify, and analyse the characteristics of the Construct a diagram to illustrate the different coastal zones. Paired/small group discussion to identify sources of energy at the coast. Students to explore energy at the coast including: Wind – idea of fetch, and global pattern of major winds – opportunity to study atlas maps to identify coasts exposed to large and small fetch – discuss the characteristics of waves. Opportunity to use the internet, text or VLE resources to research the Summary of fetch and the effect of wind Exploration of Exploration of