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Tag: pebble

Pebble Size and Shape

10th July 2019 Sandra

Did you collect some pebble samples last week? Hopefully you got a sample of 10 for each site and you…

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Posted in: Britain - General, Fieldwork, Rivers Filed under: fieldwork, long axis, measurement, pebble, river

Use Your Quadrat

13th July 2018 Sandra

A quadrat can be used in all sorts of ways and you might find it useful for biology fieldwork too. …

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Posted in: Britain - General, Coasts, Fieldwork Filed under: beach, fieldwork, pebble, quadrat, sand dunes, vegetation

Hold on to that Beach

29th June 2018 Sandra

Seaside resorts would lose their popularity and their customers if they lost their beach. Where the local council want to…

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Posted in: Britain - General, Coasts, Fieldwork Filed under: beach, coast, fieldwork, groyne, longshore drift, pebble, seaside resort

Drifting Pebbles

22nd June 2018 Sandra

Last week we learnt about longshore drift, and a simple method for finding out its direction on the day of…

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Posted in: Britain - General, Coasts, Fieldwork Filed under: beach, Chesil Beach, coast, fieldwork, longshore drift, pebble

Wave Frequency

8th June 2018 Sandra

This is another really easy fieldwork method.  All you need is a stopwatch, or a watch with a second hand,…

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Posted in: Britain - General, Coasts, Fieldwork Filed under: beach, beach profile, coast, measurement, pebble, wave frequency, waves

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