1. YEAR 10 GEOGRAPHY
LABELLING A FIELD SKETCH
GCSE- HIGHER GRADE

2. This activity will help you to support your child to...
Draw and annotate a field sketch using appropriate geographical terminology.

3. Watch the video about Old Harry Rocks, Dorset

4. Read this explanation...
Drawing and annotating a field sketch is an important skill for a geographer.
Field sketches can be used to explain the formation of physical features.
As geographers we should use appropriate geographical terminology to label our field sketches.

5. Draw a sketch of this image.
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Draw a sketch of this image.

6. How successful were you?
It should look like this...

7. Add the following labels to your sketch.
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Add the following labels to your sketch.
This is a chalk headland- there will be many cracks for hydraulic action to exploit.
A stack formed by the collapse of the arch- overtime this will form a stump.
An arch would have been here, formed when two caves meet-it collapse due to erosion at its base.
Wave cut platform- erosion can’t take place below low tide.
Because this is a headland, it is exposed to the full power of the sea.
A cave- formed by continual corrasion.
Discolouring at the base shows wave action between high and low tide- corrasion will form a wave cut notch.

8. How successful were you? It should look like this...
This is a chalk headland- there will be many cracks for hydraulic action to exploit.
Because this is a headland, it is exposed to the full power of the sea.
An arch would have been here, formed when two caves meet-it collapse due to erosion at its base.
A stack formed by the collapse of the arch- overtime this will form a stump.
Discolouring at the base shows wave action between high and low tide- corrosion will form a wave cut notch.
Wave cut platform- erosion can’t take place below low tide.
A cave- formed by continual corrosion.

9. Can you match the description to the correct term?
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10. Watch this video from the Dorset Tourist Board.
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Watch this video from the Dorset Tourist Board.

11. Challenge your child and take their learning to the next level...
Produce a guide to the different coastal features found along the Dorset Coast.
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