Pop-Up Coastal Protection

Slide 1: Photograph courtesy of Ian Murray- www.geographyphotos.com

Slide 2: You will need: • A template •Scissors •Ruler •Coloured pencils/felt-tips. •Sellotape. •Glue stick. •Your book. •A worksheet.

Slide 3: 1 Make sure your template is this way.

Slide 4: Using a green crayon, 2 shade what will become the tops of your cliffs.

Slide 5: In the first section of 3 your diagram, draw a couple of rows of boulders. These are sometimes called rock armour!

Slide 6: In the second section, 4 draw a black/grey rectangle, this represents a sea wall.

Slide 7: In the third section of 5 your diagram, draw a line of gabions. These are cages filled with rocks.

Slide 8: Our cliffs are clay, they 6 are less resistant, prone to erosion and hence slumping. Shade your cliffs brown.

Slide 9: Neatly score the triangle 7 shape in the fourth section of your diagram.

Slide 10: Fold down the scored 8 triangle shape and draw on the following. This is a groyne, it stops the process of Long Shore Drift, allowing a beach to form in front of the cliff.

Slide 11: Shade in a beach and the sea. Make sure the beach is much larger before 9 the groyne.

Slide 12: Using a ruler, fold along the black 10 lines that run the length of the template. Do this on both sides of the template.

Slide 13: Your template should now stand! 11

Slide 14: Put the following numbers on your 12 template. 1 2 3 5 6 4 Draw a red line to represent the direction of Long Shore Drift.

Slide 15: Slightly bend your groyne at both ends 13 so that it stands freely. Glue the end nearest to the sea.

Slide 16: Open a double page of your book. 14 Using two tiny bits of sellotape, practice positioning your model. The green cliff tops should be central over the spine of the book.

Slide 17: Practice closing your book. 15 Make sure the model folds neatly. When you have found the right position for the model. Glue it down. Use the glue sparingly!

Slide 18: Close your book. 16

Slide 19: Congratulations! 17 Additional Baywatch babes can then be added!

Slide 20: 20 Finally, Add the title ‘Coastal protection’ to your model pages. Using the worksheet- Match the images and descriptions on the worksheet, to the numbers on your model.