Coasts: Wave Cut-Notches & Platforms, Stacks, Stumps and Arches

AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 1C: In this lesson we look at erosional features found on a headland, wave-cut notches and platforms, caves, stacks, stumps and arches.

We start with a simple retrieval practice grid which is good for spaced practice.

We then introduce wave-cut notches and platform. After discussion about how they may have formed the pupils use an outline diagram to add annotations and explanations. We then look at the formation of caves, arches, stacks and stumps. We watch a video clip before the pupils get to teach each other and the class about the features. The pupils then get given a drawing of Durdle Door. On the picture of Durdle Door in the present, the pupils annotate the diagram. The other two diagrams are for the pupils to trace around. The idea is that the pupils will predict what Durdle Door will look like in 400 and 800 years into the future and sketch how the headland might have been affected by erosion.

We finish with a GCSE-style question on wave-cut platforms with some guidance on how to write their answer.

In a nutshell lesson includes:

Retrieval practice starter
Wave-cut platforms diagram.
Video clips where appropriate.
Durdle Door: Present and Future activity.
4 mark GCSE-style question with guidance should the pupils need it.

Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.

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