Controlled assessment

Two stretches of coastline can be very different in terms of their

processes and landforms.

How far does the research you have carried out make you think that this

statement is correct?

Structure of the CA

A – Planning (8 marks)- 5 hours

B – Methods of data collection (7 marks)- 1 day collecting data, 2 hours writing up section

C – Data presentation and report production (15 marks)- 5 hours

D – Analysis and conclusions (14 marks)- 5 hours

E – Evaluation (6 marks)- 3 hours

For each section you will have a mark scheme and check list

Focussing on 4 subquestions…

• Everyone will complete their own enquiry, based around the same 3 or 4 subquestions.

• You will use these questions to split your controlled assessment project into sections.

• They are important to help you to focus your work.

Section a: Planning

• This is assessment criterion A, which includes the introduction, location and justification of the study. It is worth 8 marks

Sub questions

1. Which landforms are evident in these locations?

2. Which physical processes are happening in these locations?

3. How do the physical processes shape the landforms in this study?

4. How strong is the link between physical processes and coastal landforms?

Think about

• Writing the introduction to your project• Explaining your sub-questions • Creating location maps and explaining the

choice of sites• Referencing

Introduction

• This is where you explain what it is that you are going to be investigating - whether or not 2 stretches of coastline have similar or different landforms and processes - and what this means.

• You need to define what you mean by processes and landforms.

• You also need to define the 2 stretches of coastline. These will be two stretches of the North Norfolk coastline: Cley-next-the-Sea to Salthouse; and Sheringham to West Runton.

Sub-questions

• Say that in order to answer the investigation, you need to ask multiple sub-questions

• Then introduce your sub-questions, explaining what each of them means and how they will help you to answer the full investigation

Landforms:

• Beach – Pebble analysis Beach Profile Cusps, berms Gryone profiles

• Spit • Slump plotting – Landform- slump and the

processes that causes it (West Runton)

Processes:

• LSD- direction • Wave processes • Erosion • Weathering processes

Location maps

• Using Google maps, you will need to locate the region we will be investigating and the two stretches of coastline, including the four sites we will be visiting

• Then describe each of the stretches in turn, identifying where it is in relation to the region as a whole and the other stretch, the sites for each stretch and any key features of each site

• Good GIS has a scale bar!

Figure 1: The UK

Figure 2: East Anglia

Figure 3: North Norfolk

The four sites:1.Cley-next-the-sea 2.Salthouse3. Sheringham4. West Runton

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Referencing

• Whenever you use information from another source e.g. maps, you need to acknowledge where you got that data from.

• In the case of your maps, it means just copying the website address and putting it underneath each map (make it small)

By next lesson

• Have this first part of Section A completed– Introduction: what are you looking at and how

have you defined key terms from the title?– Sub-questions: what are they and what do they

mean?– Location maps: including a description of where

the region is, where the four main sites are and any key features of each site