Coasts: Beaches and Sand Dunes

AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 1C: In this lesson we look at beaches and how their profiles can be altered and sand dune succession and formation…

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

We then discuss why some beaches have different profiles to other beaches and what difference the size of sediment makes. We then look at the different types of waves and how they affect beach profiles. The pupils will make annotated diagrams of winter and summer beaches. We move onto sand dune systems. The pupils have an outline profile of sand dune succession. We use info slides which can either be teacher led, or use as a round the room activity, group activity etc, the pupils add the appropriate info onto the diagram from the slides. We then look at what conditions are needed for the dune system to form. The pupils have a hexagon task. I usually get the pupils to think about each factor first, the next slide has the answers but they still need to match them up

We finish with a GCSE-style question on the formation of sand dunes with some guidance on how to answer.

In a nutshell lesson includes:

Retrieval practice starter
Beach profile diagram activity
Sand dune succession annotated round the room/group diagram task.
Formation of sand dunes hexagon task.

4 mark GCSE-style question with guidance should the pupils need it.

Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.

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