Glaciers: Ice, Erosion and Landforms

Categories: Geography, Key Stage 3
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About Course

A Key Stage 3 geography course on glaciers: how glaciers form and move, how they erode, transport and deposit material, the landforms they leave behind – with examples from the UK – and how glaciers are changing in a warming world.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Explain how glaciers form and why they advance or retreat Describe the processes of plucking, abrasion and freeze-thaw weathering Identify and explain landforms such as corries, arêtes, U-shaped valleys and moraines Recognise evidence of past glaciation in the UK and explain why glaciers are retreating

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • How glaciers form and move
  • Glacial processes
  • Glacial landforms
  • Glaciers in a warming world

For grown-ups
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