Carding Mill Valley

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GCSE fieldwork study

• Carding Mill Valley

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Key Question How do the processes of erosion,
transportation and deposition change downstream
in Carding Mill Valley?  
This question is the central part of your project
and these key words need to be referred to
continually.
You need to be aware that we are looking at
change over distance!
This is the question that you will refer back to
in your conclusion.
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So

• To start the write up you need
• An opening paragraph or two to explain why we
  went
• the overall aim of the trip
• the hypothesis questions you have chosen to
  prove the aim.

Be aware. You must not write in the first
person! I did this, I went there All photos,
maps, graphs must be linked into the text.
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Hypotheses The hypotheses below are very
important.  You will be expected to test each of
these hypotheses and provide data to prove or
disprove each one in your write up. Hypothesis
1The river, its channel and its valley get wider
as you travel downstream. Hypothesis 2The
cross-sectional area and the velocity of the
river increases as you travel downstream. Hypothe
sis 3The gradient of a river decreases as you
travel downstream.Hypothesis 4 The size of the
bedload decreases and its roundness increases as
you travel downstream. Hypothesis 5 The Land Use
of the Valley Changes as you go downstream.
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Change downstream The main focus of your
coursework is to investigate changes in the river
and valley as you travel downstream.
Upper Valley
Lower Valley
Gradient of valley
Land uses
Channel width and depth
Vertical erosion
Think about key processes and words like
Bedload size and roundness
Lateral erosion
Velocity
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Location/ where we went!

• What to include
• Map/s which show area and survey sites. These
  must be fully annotated using geographical
  terminology. (see example)
• Photos of the area surveyed with labels. (see
  examples)
• Paragraph of writing to explain the place you
  have visited.

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Ordnance Survey map of area surveyed.
Use a copy of this or a map from Multimap website
that shows contour lines in detail.
Annotations need to be detailed, as shown, and
use geographical terminology to prove your
knowledge.
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This map is the base map for the survey areas.
You will use it later to mark on the different
land uses. But it can be used here to show the
river system and some survey points, as well as
the relief around the river system.
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This is a good map to include as it shows the
development of the river system and the location
of the 5 survey points.
US1.
LS2.
US2.
LS1.
But remember!!! All maps need to be numbered and
referred to in the text e.g. as can be seen on
map 1
S P 5
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How to use a photograph in the write-up
quality, detailed annotations numbering of
photograph for referring to in the text.
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Aerial view of the Carding Mill Valley
How can this be used in your project?
In this photo you can easily see the mountains of
the Long Mynd which form the watershed and
catchment area for the Carding Mill valley. The
steep gradient which the river flows down can be
identified. As can the change in land use down
the valley.
These ideas can be used in your annotations of a
photograph
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Climate Graph.
What do you think is the significance of a
climate graph in this piece of work?
Draw a climate graph of these figures remember?
You were taught this in Y7!!
Average figures!
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Temp C 3 3 4 8 8 14 16 15 13 11 6 2
Rain mm 67 95 53 74 71 41 29 57 36 96 99 53
Temperature range 14 C Total rainfall 771 mm
Annotate your climate graph!
Research this years weather and climate
statistics so far by visiting www.metoffice.gov.uk
/climate/uk Here you will find a report on the
weather of the preceding months which might be
useful in your explanation. Has recent weather
affected flow in river?
Now you need to explain the significance of this
information how does it relate to discharge
levels?
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Remember??
Bar graph for rainfall. Line graph for temperature
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Methodology

• Need to refer to the maps here with reference to
  the different sites you have taken measurements
  at.
• Need to refer to all the different measurements
  you have made explain what you did, what
  equipment was used
• Need to evaluate the experiments and equipment
  that you used.

Could do all this with an opening paragraph and a
table.
What we investigated Equipment needed How the equipment was used Evaluate methods

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Use as much geographical vocabulary as
possible
Don't waste time!
Stick to deadlines
Come to extra help sessions