Glaciation and the landscapes it left
Much of upland Britain was carved by ice that vanished 11,000 years ago.
Part of your national curriculum
- Human and physical geography: Understand how geographical processes interact to create distinctive human and physical landscapes that change over time
- Human and physical geography: Understand rivers, coasts and glaciation and the physical processes that give rise to landscapes, and how they change over time
Lesson overview
What you'll learn in this lesson
Understand rivers, coasts and glaciation and the physical processes that give rise to landscapes, and how they change over time
Key learning points
- • How glaciers erode
- • The landforms
- • What the ice left behind
This lesson at a glance
- 28 minutes
- 16 parts to scroll through
- 3 quick checks
- Marked quiz at the end
- Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses
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Visual introductionPicture this
Glaciation and the landscapes it left
Much of upland Britain was carved by ice that vanished 11,000 years ago.
In a nutshell
Understand rivers, coasts and glaciation and the physical processes that give rise to landscapes, and how they change over time
Learning cycle
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Learning cycle 1 of 2
Part 1 · How glaciers erode
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
Explore the idea
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Learn
How glaciers erode
Plucking pulls rock away where meltwater has frozen onto the bed. Abrasion grinds the surface with embedded debris, leaving scratches called striations.
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Explore the idea
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Learn
The landforms
Corries are armchair hollows high on mountainsides. Where two corries meet, a knife-edge arête forms; three or more leave a pyramidal peak. Valleys become U-shaped rather than V-shaped.
Quick check
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Quick check
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Learning cycle
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Part 2 · What the ice left behind
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
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Learn
What the ice left behind
Moraine is unsorted debris dumped as the ice melted. Ribbon lakes fill overdeepened valley floors — Windermere and Wastwater are both glacial.
Quick check
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Reset break
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Challenge round
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Game · Sort it
Which of these are true?
Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.
True
Not true
Challenge round
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Game · Recall cards
Abrasion is…
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Mastery quiz
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Marked quiz
End of lesson quiz: Glaciation and the landscapes it left
4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.
1. Abrasion is…
2. Deposition happens when…
3. Attrition affects…
4. Managed retreat is…
Lesson round-up
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