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tides. Low energy and high energy coasts. Sediment sources, and budgets. Geomorphological processes: weathering, mass movement, erosion, transportation and deposition. Distinctively coastal processes: marine: erosion – hydraulic action, wave quarrying, corrosion/abrasion, cavitation, solution, attrition; transportation: traction, suspension (longshore/littoral drift) and deposition; weathering, mass movement and run off. and annotating diagrams. Opportunity to measure/study characteristics of waves and other coastal processes including erosion, transportation, deposition and weathering. Handling primary and secondary sources of data. Online research. Constructing and interpreting a range of graphical and statistical techniques. Using a range of maps to identify coastal features. Opportunity to apply systems theory to identify the inputs, processes, and outputs operating at the coastal zone. swash zone surf zone breaker zone. Students will be able to identify, and analyse the characteristics of the sources of energy in a coastal system, including: wind waves tides sea currents. Students will be able to identify the sources of sediment for the coastal system, including: rivers and streams reaching the estuaries cliff erosion offshore sand banks material from a biological origin. Students identify the features of coastal sediment cells – to understand these using a systems approach. Understanding of the concept of the coastal sediment budget, including: positive budgets negative budgets. To explore these using a systems approach. Students will understand that coastlines are affected by two main sets of geomorphological processes: Students to explore energy at the 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 Waves – discuss the characteristics of waves. Opportunity to use the internet, text or VLE resources to research the characteristics of waves. Construct diagrams of the characteristics of waves. Research constructive and destructive – annotate photographs and diagrams to identify characteristics. Use atlas or internet maps to produce a map of ocean currents, accompanied by video notes to describe/explain the pattern of ocean currents. Discuss different types of ocean currents in the coastal zone. Q&A/group discussion about tides. Following short explanatory video, construct annotated diagrams to illustrate high and low tides, neap and spring tides, and the role Summary of and the effect of wind Exploration of Exploration of 3 minute video on covering tides and ocean currents , with links to activities and other information about tides , including high and low energy coastlines
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