Background and help around Slapton Sands

1. Controlled assessment
Start Bay 2015

2. Get Started
• Open a word document
• Title it and save it as Geography controlled
assessment.
• Save this in your user area in a new folder,
titled appropriately.
• Complete the tasks on the following slides and
using info in the student shared folder.

3. Part 1a: Writing the introduction –set
the scene
1. Where Is the study to take place? Use maps and
photographs to describe the location. You should cut
and paste maps from the PowerPoint and also search
for additional location information. Remember we are
studying coastal management in Start Bay at 4 locations
– these need to be on your map (Hallsands, Beesands,
Torcross and Slapton Sands.
2. Why? Explain the reasons for choosing Start Bay. – its
accessible to a investigate a range of different
strategies, its definitely prone to flooding, its beautiful,
its used by a number of different groups of people who
may have conflicting views about its management.

4. Part 1b: Writing the introduction –set
the scene
1. Describe historical examples of Coastal flooding –
use three events: 1917, 1979, 2014.
2. What is the issue? Explain why Coastal flooding is
an increasing issue – 3 reasons: Dredging of the
Shingle (Historical) Frequency of storms
increasing, Rising sea levels (Geography Futures).
3. Describe the coastal processes at work in Start
bay – particularly explain the process of
Longshore drift and Marine Transgression. Also
the Processes of Erosion by the sea.

5. Part 1c – tell the Hallsands Story
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles
/2006/11/03/lost_hallsands_feature.shtml
• Read this article – how one of the villages in
our study area has been washed away by the
sea.

6. Part 2: Set up the investigation
1. Write the Hypothesis
2. Key Questions
3. What fieldwork will you carry out to get
information to be able to answer these
questions?
4. For each fieldwork technique – describe how
it is done and explain what information it will
provide – what are the advantages or
disadvantages of the technique.

7. Start Bay and Coastal Flooding
Video links

8. Start Bay featured in BBC Coast
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9JCxT-
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9. Coastal Flooding Beesands 2014
Storm Footage
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeresKPq
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Local reaction
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeresKPq
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10. Torcross
• Storm footage
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HefNpFAj
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• Local interview 4.30 mins
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZWt6z
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11. Slapton Sands
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FPzneM
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The Road and the beach merge!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1k4Jan
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Westerly and easterly gales
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-
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12. The story of Old Hallsands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4iIgnWu-
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