Coasts: Types of Waves

AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 1C: In this lesson we look at how waves are formed and different types of waves.

We start with a differentiated photo starter where the pupils can create questions for themselves or the teacher to answer on coastal erosion.

We then introduce waves by watching big wave surfers at Nazare in Portugal. This is where the largest onshore waves in the world are found. The pupils then make an annotated step by step guide to how ripples turn into large waves. We then look at what happens when the waves arrive on-shore. The pupils make an annotated diagram. We then look at constructive and destructive waves. The pupils make pop-up versions of both wave types to go into their books with annotations.

We finish we a simple 4-mark question on the differences between constructive and destructive waves with some guidance.

In a nutshell lesson includes:

Photo interpretation question creator starter
Annotated step by step diagrams of wave formation
Diagram of the process of waves breaking
Pop-up destructive and constructive waves.
Video clips where appropriate
GCSE-style question with guidance

Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.

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