Year 9 Coastal Study – Park Island Beach

Aim:

● To conduct fieldwork at a coastal site, observe a beach using all senses, use a rating system to determine the
overall rating of the beach.

Preparation:

● Analyse rating system to be used (Year 9 - Beach Rating Google Slide)

● Read through instructions and marking rubric to see what is expected in your report.

At the beach:

● You will work in small groups to collect the data. You must decide how you are going to collect and record the
data before you visit the site.

The write up:

This must be done individually and contain the following:

1. Cover Page: This Contains: Title, Appropriate photo, Name(Western and Chinese), Class and Date

2. Introduction: Addresses questions:

(i) Why do we do field work?
(ii) Why is important to analyse a beach and give it a overall grade?
(iii) Where is the beach?
Provide a Map with all appropriate Map Components. (BOLTSS)

3. Aim: Write a response to as why the field trip is an important part of geography and what is the overall aim of the
investigation and purpose of rating a beach

4. Beach Rating Prediction

Before heading to the beach what do you expect to observe? Will it be a good or not so good beach-explain your
response. Your prediction is justified based on geographical knowledge

5. Data presentation and analysis: Present your data in tables and use many different ways to analyze your data.
You can use graphs, maps, photos (annotated), sketches etc.

6. Discussion – Analysis and Explanation of the Results: The coastal site a whole is discussed
Any anomalies in the data collected are discussed and why they might have occurred

7. Conclusion: Conclusion is clear and based wholly on recorded experimental data and is linked to the prediction
and any differences between them is discussed. Specifically addresses the question “What is the condition of the
coastal site?” Include limitations and problems that you might have had and make recommendations for future
surveying.

8. Evaluation: Discussion of how the conclusion could be made more reliable or what further studies could take
place
 9. Bibilography: Any resources used must be recorded

NOTE: Your final copy must be presented in a neat and professional manner

YCIS Year 9 Geography - Coasts - Rating a Beach Assessment Rubric

Cover Page
Contains all Contains 4 Contains 3 Contains 2 Contains Incomplete
Contains: 5 components components components only 1 or omitted
components of required of the of required component 0points
Title of required information required information. presented
Appropriate photo information and neatly information Presentation information.
Name and neatly presented and neatly lacks Poor
Class (Western and presented 4points presented neatness presentation
Chinese) 5points 3points 2points 1points
Date
Introduction

Addresses question:
Addresses Addresses 5- Addresses Addresses Most areas Incomplete
Why do we do field all 5 areas; 4 areas; only 4 areas; only 3 areas; incomplete; or omitted
work?
written in a written in a written in a writing writing 0points
Addresses question: sophisticated clear manner basic manner contains contains
Why is important to manner 4points 3points spelling and many
analyse a beach and
give it a overall 5points grammatical spelling and
grade? errors grammatical
2points errors
Addresses question:
where is the beach? 1points
Provide a Map with all
appropriate Map
Components.
(BOLTSS)

Aim
Aim of the Aim of the Aim of the Aim of the Aim of the Incomplete
Aim of the coastal task is made task is made task is made task is task is or omitted
investigation is
clear and clear and clear but mostly made unclear; not 0points
made clear
written with written lacks clear; not written with
geography mostly with geography written with geography
language geography language geography language
5points language 3points language 1points
4points 2points

Beach Rating
Prediction Prediction is Prediction is Prediction is Prediction is Prediction Incomplete
 included and included and included and included and briefly or omitted
Before heading to justified justified but not but not mentioned 0points
the beach what do based on based on justified justified only
you expect to
geography geography based on based on 1points
observe? Will it be
a good or not so knowledge; knowledge; geography geography
good beach- refers to mostly refers knowledge; knowledge;
explain your Sustainability to sometimes Little
response Themes Sustainability refers to reference to
5points Themes Sustainability Sustainability
Prediction is Themes Themes
justified based on 4points 3points 2points
geographical
knowledge

Data
presentation Results Results Results Results Results Incomplete
and analysis presented presented presented recorded in a recorded in a or omitted
There is a picture and
appropriately appropriately accurately or suitable basic form 0points
explanation
displaying how you including but either appropriately form but 1points
obtained some of suitable units omitted but not both unclear or
your ratings for the choice of or graph 3points with
different categories
graph or poorly mistakes
of the beach
Investigations/tests diagram, chosen or 2points
being conducted at scale and insufficient
the field work site accurate labelling
units or 4points
labels
Recorded 5points
accurately (both
numbers and units)

Suitable format –
clear graph and
explanation

Any calculations
carried out
correctly

Source of data
acknowledged

Discussion –
Analysis and Student uses Student uses Student uses Findings Limited Incomplete or
Explanation of own data in own data and own data and explained explanat omitted
the Results conjunction prior knowledge prior knowledge at a ion of 0points
The coastal site a with additional in order to in order to give superficial the
whole is discussed research in explain the an basic level findings
order to explain reasons for their explanation of 2points attempte
Any anomalies in
the reasons for results their results d
the data collected
their results accurately and - trends in 1points
is discussed and
accurately and in full the data
why they might
in full - trends in discussed
have occurred
- trends in the data basically,
the data discusse some
discusse d, some findings
d, key key highlight
findings findings ed,
highligh highlight minimal
ted, any ed, some anomalie
anomali anomali s
es es identified
identifie identifie and
d and d and explained
explaine explaine 3points
d d
5points 4points
Conclusion
Conclusion is clear
Four areas Three areas Two areas Two areas Limited Incomplete
and based wholly
on recorded
addressed; addressed; addressed; addressed; conclusion, or omitted
experimental data conclusion is conclusion is conclusion is conclusion is prediction 0points
explicit, explicit, explicit, explicit, ignored
Linked to the based based wholly based wholly based wholly 1points
prediction and any wholly on on recorded on recorded on recorded
disparity between recorded data, linked data, linked data, linked
them is discussed data, linked to the to the to the
to the prediction prediction prediction
Specifically prediction and and and
addresses the
question “What is
and disparities disparities disparities
the condition of disparities explained explained explained
the coastal site?” explained
5points 4points 3points 2points

Evaluation

Discussion of how
the conclusion
could be made
more reliable or
what further
studies could take impact on limitations of limitations of limitations of Short Incomplete
place
results method method method discussion or omitted
considered; examined; examined; examined; of how 0points
improvements impact on impact on impact on well work
to method results results results was
explained, considered; considered; considered; carried
validity of the improvements improvements improvements out
results to method to method to method 1points
addressed explained, explained, explained
5points validity of the validity of the 2points
results results
addressed addressed
4points 3points

Bibliography
Extensive Large Adequate Some Limited Incomplete
All appropriate
resources number of resources appropriate sources cited, or omitted
sources cited
utilised for resources utilised for sources cited, incorrect use 0points
production of utilised for production of Correct of
Correct
Bibliography-
geography production of geography bibliography- Correct
writing format report. geography report. writing bibliography-
used All report. All format used writing
appropriate All appropriate 2points format used
sources cited, appropriate sources cited, 1points
Correct sources cited, Correct
bibliography Correct bibliography-
-writing bibliography- writing
format used writing format used
5points format used 3points
4points
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