Beach Profiling -

Beach profiling Ella E.

Materials

emery rods (1)

Writing utensil (1)

Beach profiling sheet (note sheet), (1)            

Hammer (1)

Metal detector (1)

Laser Level

GPS

Camera (1)

Metal pole (1)

Monument (1)

A beach

More than one person

Methods

Go to a beach.

Find the wrack line. (Tide line)

Take your monument, and hammer it into your fixed point. (Fixed point is the spot where you start.)

Take the longitude and latitude at that spot with your GPS.

Stick a metal pole where the transect line is. (A transect line is the path you are measuring)

Take out your emery rods. (Emery rods are two poles with a taut rope tied in between)

Take one pole and Put it on the slope (or flat land), and align with the horizon.

Take both poles and place them opposite of each other.

Take the pole aligned with the horizon, and look what that mark is on the pole opposite to it.

There will be numbers on the poles, the mark will be one of these numbers.  This is your data.

Do this until all the data needed to find changes in the beach is collected.

Record or write down anything observed in beach profiling note sheet.

Pick up after yourself, and leave the beach cleaner and better than you found it!

 Beach Profiling Samuel H.

Procedure

    A. Materials 

·         Slope

·         Emory rods

·         Notebook and pencil

·         Hammer

·         Medal detector

·         More than one person 

·         A beach

·         Visible horizon

·         Data sheet

·         Camera

·         Metal pole 

B. Methods 

1.       Record the time, date, longitude, latitude, and temperature. 

2.       Use the hammer to hammer the metal pole into you starting point (the dunes). 

3.       Place one of the emery rods next to metal pole, then bring the other pole as far away as you can. (Make sure they're both straight up!) 

4.        Have one of the people be put behind the first rod and line up the horizon and the a marking on the far rod.  

5.       Measure and record what number they both line up on. Make sure it's on your data sheet and in your notebook. 

6.       Now move the first rod to where the far rod was and put the far rod as far as you can away. (Remember the keep them straight up!) Line the horizon and far rod's top up again, measure and record it and do the same thing over and over until you get to the water. 

7.       Now that it is all in your notebook and data sheet, pick up everything except the metal pole. You want to keep that there to mark where you were the next time you come. 

8.       While you're getting everything, if there's any trash try to pick all of it up. We we to keep the beaches nice and clean. 

9.       Make some observation while you're there also, like if you saw any animals or the sea was at high tide. 

Great, now can go back to your van/car. 

-Sam :-)

Beach Profiling

         By: Louisa L.

Materials:

Emory rods

Hammer

Metal pole also known axed point 

Camera

Metal detector 

G.P.S device 

Data collector sheet

Pencil

More than one person (three people is acceptable)

Clear horizon

Beach

A device that finds the horizon

Methods:

1. Find the longitude and latitude of the beach.

2. Find the axed line. (also known as a  metal pole) 

3. Always make sure that your Emory rods are lined up, now you can start!

4. Start at the axed line and work from there with your Emory rods.

5. Line up the emory rods with the horizon and start the process of beach profiling.

6. Do this until you get to the waters edge and remember to write down all your data on the data collector sheet.

7. Remember when you leave to pick up all the litter you left behind if you did. It is also great when you pick up garbage that was there before hand.

Thing to know

* You will need to know what a plumb line is. A plumb line is a small weight, almost like a fishing line that will tell you if the emory rods are even. 

Beach profiling By Jake T.

Materials

·         Visible horizon

·         Emory Rods

·         GPS Device

·         Hammer 

·         2 poles

·         Camera 

·         Metal Detector

·         Pencil

·         Data collection sheet

·         At least 2 people

Methods

1. Create or find a starting and hammer one pole there.
2. Find the wrack line and hammer the other pole there.
3. Find the longitude and latitude.
4. Line up the other pole with the one hammered in on the wrack line.
5. Take the Emory rods and line them up with the pole on the wrack line. Make sure the rope is taught.
6. Then the person holding the rod closest to the dunes has to line up the top of the other rod with the horizon and see where it appears on the rod closest to the dune. 
7. Right the measurement down on the data collection sheet.
8. Move the rod closest to the dunes right next to the other rod and then stretch out that rod as far as it can go to the wrack line. Be careful and check if you are still going straight!
9. Repeat steps 1-7 until you get to the pole on the shoreline. After that you have accomplished Beach Profiling!!!!

Beach profiling by Anah B.

Procedure:

Materials:

·         emory rods

·         hammer

·         2 metal poles

·         camera

·         metal detector

·         GPS

·         pencil

·         3 partners (at least)

·         collection sheet

·         visible horizon

Methods:

1. Place 1 of the metal poles in the ground where the dune starts. Use the hammer to pound on the top of the pole to push it farther into the ground.
2. Hammer the second pole into the ground where the waves break.
3. Take longitude and latitude with the GPS. 
4. Line the first emory rod up with the pole at the start of the dunes. Take the second emory rod and line it up with the horizon. The farthest one from the horizon should be right in front of the pole on the horizon. Make sure that the rope between the two emory rods is tight.
5. Line up the top of the emory rod that is closest to the horizon, with the horizon. Then see where that line lands on the numbers on the emory rod that is farthest away from the horizon
6. Write down the answer in the collection sheet.
7. Keep repeating steps 4, 5 and 6 until you reach the second metal pole where the waves break.
8. When you leave the beach, leave it better than when you found it.

 Beach Profiling by Sophie G.

Procedure:

            Materials:

notebook

pencil

emory rods

GPS device

hammer

camera

metal pole (2) (fixed point)

at least 3 people

laser level

Methods:

Find a beach you would like to profile.

When you reach the place on the beach that you want to be your starting point, find the longitude and latitude so you can come back next season.

Hammer in a pole on the wrack line. (Where the beach grass ends.)This will be your fixed point.

Line up another pole where the waves break (Make sure it is lined up with your fixed point.)

Line up one of your emory rods against your fixed point.The other emory rod should be at a distance so that the line connecting them is taught.(They should be at a right angle to the horizon.)

Have person #1 hold the emory rod that is against the fixed point. Have person #2 hold the emory rod that is closest to the horizon. Have person #3 take notes and pictures of the numbers while person #1 and #2 profile the beach.

Then have person #1 find the horizon and line it up with the top of person #2’s emory rod. Then see where that invisible line, lines up on the numbers on their emory rod. Collect the data and tell person #3 so they can record it.(If the horizon isn’t visible, use a laser level could be helpful.)

Repeat step 7 all the way down the beach until you get to the pole where the water breaks.

You can see how much the tide went up since you started.

Clean up after yourself. Do not leave trash behind!!!    

The Joy of Beach Profiling by Samir B.

Materials:

a)      Emory Rods.

b)      GPS.

c)       Metal Pole (2).

d)      Camera.

e)      More than 2 People.

f)       Beach (The obvious).

g)      Visible Horizon.

h)      Note book.

i)        Hammer.

j)        Data Sheet.

Method:

        I.            I. Hammer a Metal Pole as your control point on the rack line (Where the last line of seaweed stops).

      II.          II.  Using the GPS find the location of your control point, so you can come back again and Profile the beach every four season.

    III.            III. Place another metal pole at the swash zone to make a transect line.

    IV.           IV. Stand in front of one Emory rod (Rod 1)

      V.           V. Stretch out the rod 2 as far away as you can *make sure it’s straight*, and tight*

    VI.          VI.   Standing in front of rod 1 focus on rod 2 level to level with the horizon.

  VII.           VII. Looking straight forward focus on rod 1 find where the rod 2 and the horizon level up together.

VIII.           VIII. Record the data on the data sheet.

    IX.            IX. Repeat the steps from IV to VIII.

      X.            X. Clean the beach and yourself, make the beach look better than when you came.

 Beach Profiling by Isobel C.

Procedure  

  A. Materials

·         Emory rods

·         G.P.S.

·         Hammer

·         Camera

·         Medal pole (2)

·         Medal detector

·         More than one person (3 is good)

·         Pencil

·         Beach

·         Visible horizon

·         Data sheet

B. Methods

1. Drive out to a beach.
2. Hammer a pole into the wrack line (fixed point).
3. Find longitude and latitude from your fixed point so you can come back again.
4. Put the other pole at the water straight across from you.
5. Stretch out the emory rods and put one at your fixed point.
6. Record all of your data using the data sheet.
7. Use positive when there is an incline and use negative when there is a decline.
8. When you are all done clean up after yourself.

OBSERVATIONS:

When we went we observed that there was one incline (+0.1) and everything else were negative numbers.

We saw an Osprey fly off with a fish.

We also saw college students who were going to collect plankton and who were going to do beach profiling as well.

- Isobel

Beach Profiling Katie G.

Materials:

·         GPS

·         Hammer

·         Camera

·         Emory Rods

·         Metal pole

·         Metal Detector

·         Notebook and Pencil

·         More than one person

·         A beach

·         A visible horizon

·         Data sheet 

Methods:

1. Find the longitude and Latitude of your location.
2. Use a pole to mark your location by hammering it into the edge of the shore line.
3. Begin to line up your emory rods across from the pole.
4. Make sure that both poles are straight up and down.
5. Have the person farthest from the ocean line the top of his/ her partners rod up with the horizon. Then line the numbers on your rod to the top of your partners rod.
6. Once you find your calculations, record them in your journal.
7. Do this again while moving closer to the ocean. 
8. To get closer to the ocean, you will need to have the person farthest from the ocean take his/her partners spot while having the person closest to the ocean ( the partner) walk backwords ( towards the ocean) to straighten both rods again.
9. Do these steps over and over till you have reached the water surface.
10. Keep the pole in the ground until you come back the next season.
11. Come back each season to see how the beach had eroded over time.
12. Once you are done beach profiling, you might want to pick some trash up that you see along the beach to keep our planet clean. 

Beach Profiling Alden T,

M͟a͟t͟e͟r͟i͟a͟l͟s͟:

- ᴇᴍᴏʀʏ ʀᴏᴅs 

- ᴄᴀᴍᴇʀᴀ

- ʜᴀᴍᴍᴇʀ

- ᴍᴇᴛᴀʟ ᴘᴏʟᴇs (2) 

- ᴍᴇᴛᴀʟ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛᴏʀ

- ɢᴘs 

- ᴘᴇɴᴄɪʟ/ ᴅᴀᴛᴀ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛᴏʀ 

- ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ/ ᴘᴀʀᴛɴᴇʀ

- ʙᴇᴀᴄʜ

- ᴀ ᴛʜɪɴɢʏ ᴍᴏʙᴏʙᴇʀ 

M͟e͟t͟h͟o͟d͟s͟: 

1. ғɪɴᴅ ᴏʀ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇ ᴡʀᴀᴄᴋ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ.

2. ʜᴀᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴛᴀʟ ᴘᴏʟᴇs ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʀᴀᴄᴋ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ.

3. ɢᴇᴛ ɢᴘs ᴄᴏᴏʀᴅɪɴᴀᴛᴇs.

4. ʟɪɴᴇ ᴜᴘ ʏᴏᴜʀ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴘᴏʟᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ʙᴜᴛ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀs ᴇᴅɢᴇ.

5. ʟɪɴᴇ ᴜᴘ ʏᴏᴜʀ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴇᴍᴏʀʏ ʀᴏᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ғᴀʀᴛʜᴇsᴛ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ.

6. ʀᴇᴘᴇᴀᴛ sᴛᴇᴘ 5 ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏʟᴇ ᴅᴏᴡɴ (ᴏʀ ᴜᴘ) ɴᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴄᴇᴀɴs ᴇᴅɢᴇ.

7. ᴜsɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴘᴇɴᴄɪʟ, ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅ ᴅᴀᴛᴀ ɪɴ sʜᴇᴇᴛ.

8. ᴄʟᴇᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴄʜ. ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ɪᴛ ɴɪᴄᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪᴛ.

sᴏʀʀʏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ 2 ᴘᴀʀᴛs. ɪ ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛᴀʟʟʏ ʜɪᴛ sᴇɴᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ғɪɴɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟs... ᴡʜᴏᴏᴘsɪᴇs....

- ᴀʟᴅᴇɴ

 Beach profiling by JohnCarl M.

Materials

Emory rods

Hammer

Camera

Metal poles (2)

Beach

Either horizon or horizon finder

Two or more people

GPS

Data table

pencil or pen or other writing material ( you know like chalk or, coal although I don't recommend it)

Journal

Methods

Step 1. Go two the wrack line (the wrack line is where the seaweed and other debris are deposited) make sure it’s the top one. Hammer in one of the poles there and line up one Emory rod with that metal rod.

Step 4. Take the longitude and latitude of the metal pole using the GPS.

Step 3. Hammer in one pole down by the water so as its lined up with the Emory rod and the other metal rod.

Step 4. Line up your other Emory rod with all the other rods Emory or otherwise.

Step 5. Lean down by the Emory rod farther up beach and line the top of the other Emory rod up with the horizon.

Step 6. Trace that line across to your pole to see how far that stretch of land goes down.

Step 7 if that doesn't match up that's because the beach goes up. In that case line up your pole up with the horizon and trace it over to the other pole to see how far it goes up.

Step 8. Record your results in a data table

Step 9. Repeat steps 6 and\or 7 and 8 until you reach the ocean.

Step 10. Record interesting facts in your journal.

How To Properly Beach Profile

By Elena M. Tittel

4/15/15

4:18pm

61˚degrees 

Before I talk about how to profile a beach, I would like to briefly talk about the field trip I went on with Lenny and Matt last week.

We first took a walk around, and looked at the trees, or pollen trees, or as someone said Broccoli Trees. Also, we learned about Bud Burst! 

Then, we headed to the beach. It was beautiful and sunny, and I had a lot of fun! 

Now, here is how you properly profile  a beach!

Before you start, make sure you have the following things:

•Emory Rods

•A metal pole

•GPS Device

•Hammer

•Camera 

•Metal Detector 

•People to work with (Preferably at least 2)

•A Pencil

•A notebook

•A beach (obviously) 

•Horizon 

•Data Sheet

•Binoculars

•A Beach Profile Survey

Once you have made sure you have everything you need, follow these simple steps and you'll be an expert on Beach Profiling in no time!

Step 1: First things first, you must find the rack line, which is where you'll be looking to measure the beach. 

Step 2: Now, using your hammer, hammer in the metal pole into the beach.

Step 3: Next, get your GPS location, using your GPS device.

Step 4: Then record the latitude and longitude, the time, and weather.

Step 5: Take your Emory Rod, and get the other people to line up the other rod with the horizon. 

Step 6: Once you have done that, make sure the rods are lined up, and then using whats called a plum line, record the data point by point. 

Step 7: Before you record your data on the data sheet, clean up after yourself, and make sure there is no trash, or belongs on the beach.

Step 8: Finally, record your data on the data sheet, and pack up your stuff.

That is how you profile a beach!

~Elena