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Year 9 Geography

Coastal Processes - Field TripCapricorn Coast

Core Fieldwork Booklet

Name : _______________________________________ Class: _____ Teacher: ___________________

Investigating Coastal Processes: Management of the Capricorn Coast Beaches

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Site 5 – Yeppoon Main Beach

Site 4 – Cooee Bay Lookout

Site 3 –Statue Bay

Site 2 – Kemp Beach

Site 1 – Bluff Rock Lookout

Site 6 - Farnborough Beach

Schedule for the Day:

SITE 1 - 6 SITE 6 - 1Before 8.30am

Rolls Marked at Year 9 Eating Area Table Yaamba Rd

Before 8.30am

Rolls Marked at Year 9 Eating Area Tables Yaamba Rd

8.30am Bus departs Yaamba Rd for Site 1: Bluff Point Lookout

8.30am Bus departs Yaamba Rd for Site 6: Farnborough Beach

9.10am Arrive Site 1: Bluff Point LookoutStudents briefed on walk around Walking Track (2.3km) should be at the top of the lookout by

9.40am – 15mins for Activities

9.10am Arrive at:Farnborough Beach

30 mins to do activities

10.30am Morning Tea:Bluff Point Picnic Area (Toilet facilities here)

9.40am Leave for site 5: Yeppoon Main Beach

10.50am Leave for site 2: Kemp Beach (by foot – 5mins)

Students will have 45mins to collect data and complete fieldtrip booklets

9.45am Arrive at site 5:Yeppoon Main Beach – Morning tea. (Toilet Facilities Here) and students have 60mins to collect data and complete field trip booklets

11.40am Leave for site 3: Statue Bay

10.45am Leave for site 4:Cooee Bay Lookout

11.45am Arrive at site 3: Statue Bay

Students have 15mins to complete activities

10.50am Arrive at site 4: Cooee Bay Lookout

Students have 15mins to complete activities12.00pm Leave for site 4:

Cooee Bay Lookout11.05am Leave for site 3:

Statue Bay12.05pm Arrive at site 4:

Cooee Bay Lookout Students have 15mins to complete activities

11.10am Arrive at site 3: Statue Bay

Students have 15mins to complete activities12.20pm Leave for site 5:

Yeppoon Main Beach11.25am Leave for site 2:

Kemp Beach Students will have 30mins to collect data and

complete fieldtrip booklets12.25pm Arrive at site 5:

Yeppoon Main Beach – Lunch Time (Toilet Facilities Here) and Students have 60mins to collect data and complete field trip booklets

12.00pm Leave for site : Bluff Point Picnic Area (by foot – 5mins)

1.25pm Leave for site 6: Farnborough Beach

12.05 Lunchtime:Bluff Point Picnic Area

(Toilet facilities here)1.30pm Arrive at:

Farnborough Beach12.35 Arrive Site 1:

Bluff Point LookoutStudents briefed on walk around Walking Track (2.3km) should be at the top of the lookout by 1.pm – 15mins for Activities

2.00pm Leave for:Yeppoon Central then onto Emmaus College Yaamba Rd

2.00pm Leave for: Yeppoon Central then onto Emmaus College Yaamba Rd

2.45pm Arrive at:Emmaus College Yaamba Rd Students debriefed

in Year 9 eating area

2.45pm Arrive at:Emmaus College Yaamba Rd Students debriefed in Year 9 eating area

3pm Students dismissed 3.00pm Students dismissed Staff will have extra clean drinking water available for students to refill their water bottles regularly throughout the day.

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General overview of field studies area.

1. Use Google Earth to create a map of the field studies area. Label significant coastal features of the bio-physical environment and the built environment. Adhere to mapping conventions (BOLTSS). Use a relative scale.

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Beaufort Scale for wind speed and description

Compass Rose- wind from which direction

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Site 1: Bluff Point Lookout (view from Turtle Lookout)

Wind Speed and description Wind Direction

1. Describe what natural and human made features can be seen from this location. (Include directions). ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What are the signs of coastal management practices to minimise natural forces and/or human impact? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Sketch a landscape view of Kemp Beach from Turtle Lookout. Label any features you can identify.

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Features of the coastline that might be included;

Headlands, Urbanisation, Dunes, Vegetation, Access Points, Beach, Bluff Point, Bluff Rock, Double Heads, Roads, Rocks, North Point

Kemp Beach

Bluff Rock Lookout

Draw a diagram to show how the Headland and Bays were formed around Turtle/Bluff Rock Lookout

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Bluff Point Lookout - looking north along Kemp Beach

Site 2: Kemp BeachWind Speed and description Wind Direction

1. Describe what natural and human made features can be seen from this location. (Include directions) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Sketch a landscape view of this site looking north and label any features you can identify.

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Kemp Beach looking ____________ towards ____________________________

Features of the coastline that might be included; Headlands, Sand Dunes, Vegetation, Access Points, Beach zone, Double Heads, Rocks, North Point, Roads

Kemp Beach looking north towards Double Heads

Create and label a diagram to explain why Kemp Beach has greater sand deposits to the north

Inter-tidal zone at Kemp Beach:

1. What time is it? __________________________2. Is it high tide or low tide? _____________ Is the tide coming in or going out? _______________________3. How do you know? _____________________________________________________________________4. Describe the intertidal zone by referring to any natural/human made materials this zone.

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5. Describe the evidence of marine life (crabs, bivalves, jellyfish, seagulls) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Explain how the size of the inter-tidal zone affects the use of the beach as a recreational space ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sand Dunes:1. Take photographs of two (2) native coastal plants and one (1) introduced plant.

Identify them back at school.

i) Native plant:_____________________________ Native plant: _______________________________

ii) Introduced plant:_________________________________________

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Sketch and label how one of these native plants have adapted to the coastal environment

Sand dune profile

1. Start at the high tide mark, looking back up toward the shore/dunes.2. Take one step (which equals one box) and record below:

a. an estimation of elevation (height increase/decrease)b. any flora

Graph analysis of sand dunes2. Account for the shape of the sand dune depicted in the graph _____________________________________

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Start here Distance up the beach in metres (paces)

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Coastal processes

Erosion or Deposition?1. Stand ankle deep in the inter-tidal zone.2. Which feels stronger? (Circle your response) SWASH BACKWASH3. Which process is it? (Circle your response) DEPOSITION EROSION

Explain what impact this wave type has on the beach. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Study the beach for evidence of erosion. Look at the ‘slope’ and ‘shape’ of the beach. Describe any evidence of erosion. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Insert a photograph here of any erosion you can see on Kemp Beach.Make a brief note of direction of shot eg. Looking south at erosion near aluminium walkway, Kemp Beach.

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Insert image here

Human Settlement – Management issues1.

Damage to infrastructure (buildings, roads etc) by weather or wave action

Management practices to minimise natural or human impact

2. Justify why these management practices are required. Refer to what you see. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Site 3: Statue BayWind Speed and description Wind Direction

1. Describe what natural and human made features can be seen from this location. (Include directions) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Sketch a landscape view of this site looking north and label any features you can identify.

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Statue Bay looking _____________ toward ____________________________

Aspects of the coastline that might be included; Sand, Vegetation, Beach zone, Rosslyn Bay Headland, Rocks, Sand drift, Current direction, Marina, Rock Wall, North Point, Fore dunes, Vegetation, Urbanisation, Back dune

Statue Bay – Landslide3. Describe what you can see from Statue Bay in relation to the landslide area of the headland.

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4. Discuss what has been and/or what will be done to sustainably manage this area.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Create a labelled diagram to explain why the beach at Statute Bay has bare rock at low tide.

Site 4: Wreck Point Lookout (South to Lammermoor and North to Cooee Bay)

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Wind Speed and description Wind Direction

2. Describe what natural and human made features can be seen from this location. (Include directions) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Sketch a landscape view of this site looking south and label any features you can identify.

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Cooee Bay Lookout looking _____________________ toward ______________________________

Aspects of the coastline that might be included;Headlands, Urbanisation, Lammermoor Beach, Lookout, Double head, Marina, Roads, Rocks

4. Describe the location of houses along the northern end of Lammermoor Beach._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. What natural or human made features could make these houses less prone to the effects of erosion?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Cooee Bay Lookout looking _____________________ toward ______________________________

Create a labelled diagram to explain how the headland at Wreck Point lookout affects the wave action and shoreline on Lammermoor Beach and Cooee Bay.

Site 5: Yeppoon Main BeachWind Speed and description Wind Direction

1. Describe what natural and human made features can be seen from this location. (Include directions)

Natural features Human made features

Coastal processes – Erosion or Deposition - Yeppoon Main Beach2. What management strategies have been put in place to reduce erosion of the foreshore?

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Northern end of Lammermoor Beach

Wreck Point Lookout

Insert image of management strategies

3. Do the management strategies in (2) above appear to be effective? YES NO4. Why or why not?

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5. Suggest why the main beach does not have a large amount of deposited sand. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Study the beach for evidence of erosion. Look at the ‘slope’ and ‘shape’ of the beach. Describe any evidence of erosion. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Human Settlement – Main Beach Yeppoon1. Describe the land use of the esplanade.

Who is using the land? How is it used?a. Local drivers a. The road allows access to beach parking as well as the various shops.

b. b.

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2. Explain how the bio-physical environment impacts upon the built environment. “The biophysical environment is the biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism or population, and consequently includes the factors that have an influence in their survival, development and evolution.” ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. What needs of stakeholders (a person with an interest or concern in something, especially a business) are not being met (what suggestions would you make?)

Needs of stakeholders How to meet these needsa. A lack of parking for shoppers a. Provide extra car parking spaces like a multi-story car park

b. b.

c. c.

d. d.

4. Describe any other land use management activities that will help keep Yeppoon’s main beach, sustainable. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Justify why these management practices are required. Refer to evidence.

Land use management practice Evidence in support of its use

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6. Draw a plan (aerial view) of the foreshore from the shops to the high tide mark. Label your work.

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Site 6 Farnborough BeachWind Speed and description Wind Direction

1. Describe what natural and human made features can be seen from this location. (Include directions)

Natural features Human made features

Longshore Drift:Stand at the shoreline and throw a tennis ball into the water. Do not move from the throwing position. Time how long it takes for the ball to wash back up upon the shore. Record this time. Have another person stand at the position where the ball landed. Record the direction the ball has travelled. Measure the distance between the throwing position and the landed position. Complete this activity at least 3 times to get an average speed.

Time Direction Distance

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1. Explain what you observed and how it relates to of longshore drift. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Identify the major vegetation types and formation of the dunes by filling in the sketch below. Use a key.

Vegetation types might include; Spinifex grasses, Marram grasses, Pigface, Goats Foot, Causurina trees, Pandanus Palm.

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Additional working paper

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A B C D E

THE STUDENT WORK HAS THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS:

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comprehensive explanation of how geographical processes change the characteristics of places

detailed explanation of how geographical processes change the characteristics of places

explanation of how geographical processes change the characteristics of places

description of how geographical processes change the characteristics of places

statements about geographical processes changing the characteristics of places

analysis of the interconnections between people, places and environments and comprehensive explanation of how these interconnections influence people, and change places and environments

analysis of the interconnections between people, places and environments and detailed explanation of how these interconnections influence people, and change places and environments

analysis of the interconnections between people, places and environments and explanation of how these interconnections influence people, and change places and environments

explanation of the interconnections between people, places and environments and description of how these interconnections influence people, and change places and environments

description of the interconnections between people, places and environments and statements about change

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ing collection and discerning evaluation of

a range of primary and secondary sources and discerning selection of relevant geographical data and information to effectively answer inquiry questions

collection and informed evaluation of a range of primary and secondary sources and informed selection of relevant geographical data and information to effectively answer inquiry questions

collection and evaluation of a range of primary and secondary sources and selection of relevant geographical data and information to answer inquiry questions

collection and explanation of primary and secondary sources and use of geographical data and information to answer aspects of inquiry questions

collection of primary and secondary sources and use of aspects of geographical data and information

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analysis of data to: propose discerning explanations of

patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies

predict discerning outcomes

analysis of data to: propose informed explanations of

patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies

predict informed outcomes

analysis of data to: propose explanations for

patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies

predict outcomes

analysis of data to: describe patterns, trends,

relationships and anomalies

predict aspects of outcomes

analysis of data to: make statements

about patterns and trends

make statements about outcomes

synthesis of data and information from to draw discerning and reasoned conclusions

synthesis of data and information to draw effective and reasoned conclusions

synthesis of data and information to draw reasoned conclusions

synthesis of data and information to draw conclusions

use of data and information to make statements

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purposeful presentation of findings and explanations using relevant geographical terminology and graphical representations in a range of appropriate communication forms

effective presentation of findings and explanations using relevant geographical terminology and graphical representations in a range of appropriate communication forms

presentation of findings and explanations using relevant geographical terminology and graphical representations in a range of appropriate communication forms

partial presentation of findings and descriptions using geographical terminology and aspects of graphical representations in a range of communication forms

fragmented presentation of findings using everyday language and fragmented graphical representations

accurate and detailed representation of multi-variable data in a range of appropriate graphic forms, including special purpose maps that consistently conform to cartographic conventions.

detailed representation of multi-variable data in a range of appropriate graphic forms, including special purpose maps that comply with cartographic conventions.

representation of multi-variable data in a range of appropriate graphic forms, including special purpose maps that comply with cartographic conventions.

partial representation of multi-variable data in aspects of graphic forms, including special purpose maps that comply with aspects of cartographic conventions.

fragmented representation of multi-variable data in graphic forms, including special purpose maps.

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