Coursework structure and question one

The Questions:

1) How are the cliffs at Dunwich being weathered and eroded?

2) Is there a relationship between the beach gradient and the pebble size and roundness?

3) What is long shore drift? What is the evidence for it happening at Dunwich?

4) Your own investigation

The experiments at Dunwich

Beach sketches (Q1)

Wave count – constructive or destructive (Q1)

Field Sketch of cliffs (Q1)

Photo of cliffs (Q1)

Beach profile (clinometer, tape measure, etc.) (Q2)

Pebble sampling (measuring size of pebbles) (Q2)

Table to show wave measurements (Q3)

Orange experiment, Long Shore Drift (Q3)

Weather conditions (Q3)

Heath Management (Q4)

Environmental quality assessments (Q4)

1) How are the cliffs at Dunwich being weathered and eroded?

2) Is there a relationship between the beach gradient and the pebble size and roundness?

3) What is long shore drift? What is the evidence for it happening at Dunwich?

4) Your own investigation

Beach sketches (Q1)

Wave count – constructive or destructive (Q1)

Field Sketch of cliffs (Q1)

Photo of cliffs (Q1)

Beach profile (clinometer, tape measure, etc.) (Q2)

Pebble sampling (measuring size of pebbles) (Q2)

Table to show wave measurements (Q3)

Orange experiment, Long Shore Drift (Q3)

Weather conditions (Q3)

Heath Management (Q4)

Environmental quality assessments (Q4)

• Why is it important to look at this question?

• Think about the main enquiry question: How is the coastline at Dunwich changing? Should it be managed?

• Where did you go to answer this question (on the beach near to the Heath)?

Section 1 - Introduction

Section 2 - Methods

~ Describe how you collected the data, are there any limitations of this method?

Section 3 Results

• What are the cliffs at Dunwich like?

• Include your field sketch and your photographs, all of which must be annotated.

Section 4 – Analysis of results

• Describe and explain the processes of erosion and weathering that have taken place and what you have found.

Section 5 – Conclusion

• How did the cliffs at Dunwich form and why are they so easily weathered and eroded?

• Explain your answer to the question posed. Use your results. What are the rates of erosion? How will they effect Dunwich in the future?