Online Geography Resources Showcase

Starter

Activities

1. Open the 'Coastal Deposition Google Earth Placemarks' file with Google Earth.
2. Look at the three examples of spits - notice their shape, the shape of the coastline where they occur, the fact they are made of sediment etc.
3. Starting at 'Placemark A - Brest' work south along the French coastline to 'Placemark B - La Rochelle' looking for examples of spits. Add placemarks to show their location.
4. Starting at 'Placemark C - Hartlepool' work south along the British coastline to 'Placemark D - King's Lynn' looking for examples of spits. Add placemarks to show their location.
5. Choose the best example of a spit you have found and capture an Google Earth image of it (File > Save > Save Image).
6. Paste the image into a Word document and add some additional research about the spit you have chosen.
7. Can you determine the direction of longshore drift for the spit you have chosen?

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