Card Sort - 'Constructive' Verses 'Destructive' Waves

This activity has been carefully designed to help students assess understand the differences between constructive and destructive waves and be used along side any main stream textbook or video. Once complete students should be able to attempt a question on ‘compare the characteristics of constructive and destructive waves.’

When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a fully editable Microsoft document which includes a learning objective, instructions, two heading cards labelled ‘Constructive’ and ‘Destructive’ waves as well as fourteen information cards and two diagrams that be sorted under them.

This resource makes a great starter or plenary to be completed in pairs or groups. It can be cut up by the students or placed into envelopes for use with several classes or even set as a piece of homework. Alternatively, your students could draw a table with the two headings ‘Constructive’ or ‘Destructive’ and copy out the information under them.

The aims and objectives are:

Theme: Coastal Landscapes
Know: What is a ‘constructive’ and ‘destructive’ wave?
Understand: What are the main differences between ‘constructive’ and ‘destructive’ waves?
Evaluate: Why do ‘contructive’ waves deposit, whilst ‘destructive’ waves erode?

WILF - What Am I Looking For?
Identify and describe: The main characteristics of ‘constructive’ and ‘destrictive’ waves?
Explain: What are the main differences between ‘constructive’ and ‘destructive’ waves?
Analyse: Why do ‘contructive’ waves deposit, whilst ‘destructive’ waves erode?

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Roy