Name:_________________ Date:______________

Australian Landmarks and Erosion

Your Landmark: ___________________

What does your Landmark look like?

How was your landmark formed? How is your landmark affected by erosion?

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Other Facts about your Landmark

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Do you think it has changed since the First People? Why/Why not?

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What would this landmark look like in 100 years? Why?

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Draw what you think it will look like

Does Human Activity affect this landmark? How? What can we do to prevent this?

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 Water
Erosion
Investig
Name: _____________________________________ Date: ____________

ation
Group Member’s Names: ______________________________________

Work
Planning Your Investigation
Booklet
What is your investigation question? (What are you investigating?)

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What do you think will happen? Why do you think this?

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What Variables are you going to?

Change? Measure and Observe? Keep the Same?

What will your investigation look like? Draw on the back if necessary
Recording Your Results and Observations

What did you observe? At the Top, Bottom and in the Bucket
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Depth of the Soil

Trail Number Depth at Top (cm) Depth at Bottom (cm)

Present Your Findings

Title of Your Graph:__________________________

Explaining and Examining Your Results

What did your investigation tell you? Did your investigation answer your question? (More or less
erosion?)

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What does your graph tell you?

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Evaluating the Investigation

Do you think this investigation was accurate?

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What would you change next time?

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What challenges did you face in this investigation?

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 Erosio
n and
Soil
Instructions: You will answer the questions as listed below, using an information
presentation method of your own choosing such as a poster, brainstorm, a mind map

Questio
or an essay. This is an assessment so you must work individually and in silence unless
talking to the teacher.

n Sheet Before After

Question 1
Observe the before and after images of Port Beach, Fremantle and describe what
has changed in the after picture and explain the process that has happened.

Question 2
Identify the soils and their properties that you might find at Port Beach.

Question 3
Discuss the effect of human activity has had on the erosion of Port Beach and
identify ways or solutions that can prevent or minimise the damage of erosion on
the beach.

Question 4
Draw or explain what the beach might look like following further erosion as a result
of another large storm.