Coasts: Processes of Erosion and Transportation

AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 1C: In this lesson we look at the processes of erosion and transportation (Note we don’t do longshore drift until the next lesson, too much for one lesson!)

We start with a retrieval practice grid from the previous lesson (good for spaced practice).

We then introduce the concept of erosion, we watch a short video clip of he problems at Dawlish several years ago to get the pupils thinking about why erosion is important. We then look at erosion first, the pupils have a worksheet which shows the processes. They need to describe the process, locate the process on the map with an arrow and as a bonus they get to colour the diagram in (They still love doing this in year 11). We briefly look at the four processes of transportation and they do the same thing on the diagram.
Next we explore what factors might affect the rate of these processes occurring. I get the pupils to do a spray diagram or spider diagram. The pupils then use this to answer the question on the worksheet.

In a nutshell lesson includes:

Retrieval practice starter
Worksheet on the processes of erosion and transportation.
Activity on factors influencing these processes
Video clips where appropriate
GCSE-style question with guidance on answering

Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.

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