GCSE Geography OCR B controlled assessment on coasts at Hengistbury Head Dorset

1. WHAT DOES A HIGH QUALITY
CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT
NEED TO DO / NOT DO?
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2. Where is Hengistbury Head
and what is it like?
Background and context

3. What makes an excellent location map?
Land use quiz. For the following 10 images – list the main land-use.
For extra points, see if you can locate the place on your map.

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14. Where is Hengistbury Head and
what is it like?
Using research:
1. Describe the location of Hengistbury
Head in words.
2. Use Google Earth satellite and Bing
Maps (OS layer) to see if there is any
evidence to answer your key questions.
Make adjustments.

15. Introduction Maps
Your maps must:
• Use two different types of map : Ordnance Survey (OS map) AND Google
Earth satellite map
• Show the location of the study site – where is Hengistbury Head?
• Describe the area in detail
– For example, geology, existing sea defences, names of the landforms
and processes (Headland, Spit, Mudeford Spit created by Longshore
drift and used for…. ; The beach huts rent for £950 per week (source)
• Identify some key land uses & any distinctive features
• Link to your introduction / key questions
• Link to theory (e.g. longshore drift, erosion, etc,.)
• You could (for extra marks)
– Include images within your map
– Provide some analysis of the features
– Include secondary data – e.g. the importance of the a landform in
stopping coastal flooding of Christchurch, cost of sea defences
– Start a bibliography of source information
Aim for detailed annotations per map and must be printed out.

16. Map 1: Ordnance Survey Map showing location details of Hengistbury Head
Key:
This area is
already
heavily
defended
with rock
groynes
which
attempt to
reduce the
movement
of beach
material
along the
shore
caused by
longshore
drift
Mudeford Spit has been
created by longshore drift
and is a landform of
deposition. It is mainly
used for beach huts as
seen in Photo A. The spit
is important for tourism.Photo A