Keysborough College
Unit 1 GEOGRAPHY
Student Assessed Coursework
Coastal Fieldwork Folio
AREA OF STUDY:
Characteristics of Natural Environments - Coasts
FORMAT:
Folio of Geography Tasks
OUTCOME ASSESSED:
Part of Outcome 1 and Outcome 2
DUE DATE:
Outcome 1 – Characteristics of natural environments: Describe the geographic characteristics of a natural
environment and explain how it is developed by natural processes, including extreme natural events.
Outcome 2 – Changes in natural environments: Analyse and explain the changes in natural environments
due to natural processes and human activity.
YOUR TASK
This task is a digital folio of exercises, and requires you to hand in a number of activities associated with the
fieldwork conducted on our coastal fieldtrip. Some tasks may require you to complete further research after the field
trip. These tasks must all be submitted on the due date.
Key skills
• conduct fieldwork at a local site and collect data;
• process and represent fieldwork data related to natural environments and change using a variety of geographic techniques
and media;
• describe and analyse data about changes to natural environments produced by the interaction between natural processes and
human activity;
• explain how natural processes and their interaction with human activity may alter natural environments at two different
scales;
• apply spatial concepts as appropriate.
Task 1 – Google My Map
You are required to create a “Google My Map” of our coastal field trip. Your map must have the following
information/annotations:
Stop 1 – Brighton Beach
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What type of coast is this?
What were the major natural processes occurring at this beach?
What type of waves were occurring at the beach? Provide detailed characteristics.
What natural landforms exist? How were they formed?
Include photos and diagrams in each of your explanations.
Stop 2 – Hampton Beach
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What type of coast is this?
What were the major natural processes occurring at this beach?
What type of waves were occurring at the beach? Provide detailed characteristics.
What natural landforms exist? How were they formed?
Include photos and diagrams in each of your explanations.
Stop 3 – Sandringham Beach
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What type of coast is this?
What were the major natural processes occurring at this beach?
What type of waves were occurring at the beach? Provide detailed characteristics.
What natural landforms exist? How were they formed?
Include photos and diagrams in each of your explanations.
Instructions on how to create a Google My Map, add information and images can be found on our website. To
submit this task you will need to include the link for your Google My Map in your fieldwork booklet.
Task 2 – Human Activities, Uses & Impacts
Create a digital presentation that provides an overview of the human activities, uses and impacts and how they are
being managed along the Bayside coastal area. You will need to consider the following:
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What are the human activities and uses that you observed at each of the beaches?
What are the impacts that you observed at each of the beaches?
Why would these impacts be occurring?
What engineering methods did you observe that are being used to counter natural processes and human impacts?
What other management strategies did you observe that are being used to counter natural processes and human
impacts?
 What can be done or should be done to reduce or minimize the negative impacts on the beach area?
You will need to include as much detail as possible in this section. Consider impacts such as housing developments,
the clearing and development on foredunes, litter, tourism, groynes, beach nourishment etc.
Your digital presentation could be created using a program like: Photostory, iMovie or Movie Maker, or Explain
Everything (iPad app)