On Monday 19th November, me and my geography class took a trip to the beach around drogheda. It was very cold and windy on the beach, But we still conducted our experiments. We were given sheets and clipboards to take down information. Our equipment included red and white metre poles, rulers, angle measuring devices and a bag of oranges.
“the tide was much farther out on the particular day we visited”
Our first activity was drawing a rough sketch of the beach and its distinctive features. The second thing we did was plant two meter poles into the ground on elevated ground and on the ground floor.
After that we measured the length apart the poles were, and measured the angles the poles were at dependant on height. After that we travelled up the beach and threw 2 quadrants and recorded what was inside them. Inside the first was 7 small smooth stones, while the second contained seaweed and shells because it was closer to sea.
Finally,, we had two people throw ball size oranges into the sea to experiment long shore drift.
Thats all for today. Bye!
SEAN GEOGRAPHY 