Coasts and Rivers Coasts Part A Think about

Coasts and Rivers

Coasts • Part A – Think about the Dorset Coast, make a film, write a poem or rap about why it is so amazing. This needs to be handed into teachers, but you can also enter it into a competition to win a Kindle Fire • Enter it at http: //www. dorsetforyou. com/capturingmycoast • There are webpages at the end to help you with ideas. • Part B - Pick 1 coastal process – include images, diagrams, examples and detailed explanations to discuss the process. • Here are some to choose from – long shore drift, rotational slip, differing rates of erosion, weathering, landslides, deposition, accumulation of sand, cliff collapse and the process behind it. • All this section to be completed on a word document, or by hand. Max one side for each part.

Task 2 • Locate 8 of the world’s most famous Rivers. • Use a world map as the central focus point and locate around it. • Use A 3 paper • Annotate and Illustrate around the World map with a maximum of 70 words telling the story of each River. • The story could include ‘length’, ‘source/mouth location’, ‘volume’, ‘significance to the local area’ (social, economic, environmental), ‘famous towns and cities along it’, ‘engineering experienced’, ‘characteristics’. • Make a River ‘Top Ten Interesting Facts’ box to accompany the distribution map.

Summary • Produce 2 A 3 distribution sheets to highlight the location and key facts about some of the World’s Rivers. • Make it look great and original • On a separate piece of paper write down 8 things they have learnt about eachfrom the research completed. It has to be something new which they did not know before.

Useful webpages for the competition • • Poems http: //www. go-surfer. com/poems-surfing. htm http: //www. go-surfer. com/poem-mybeach. htm http: //members. poemofquotes. com/other-poetry/kite_surfing • • Films http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Lcdy. T 3 ya. IFo http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=CAf. RM 3 GKCGg http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=3 e. MUdq. Su 2 Kc http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Cj 6 ho 1 -G 6 tw http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=d-P_Sn 7 JVZc http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=6 YO 1 p. QXrgdo