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Waterfalls and gorges

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Which rock forms the hard layer at the lip of High Force?

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Find out why a river tumbles over a waterfall, how it cuts back through rock to leave a gorge, and how High Force on the River Tees shows it happening.

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Lesson outline

  1. Hook
  2. Do Now — Retrieval
  3. Keywords for This Lesson
  4. A Waterfall Like High Force in Cross-Section
  5. How a Waterfall Forms and Retreats
  6. I Do: Explaining the First Two Stages
  7. Hinge Check
  8. We Do: The Overhang Collapses
  9. Order the Stages at High Force
  10. Explain How High Force Is Forming a Gorge
  11. Self-Check
  12. Homework
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