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BCHS Earth Science Lesson Plans - Mr. Yeazell & Mr. Mason

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Title:
Faulting
When:
Feb 11, 2010
Category:
Lesson Plan Archives

Description

Essential Question:
  • What are the different types of faults and what is a tsunami?
Related Benchmarks:
  • SC.912.E.6.2 - Connect surface features to surface processes that are responsible for their formation.
  • SC.912.E.6.4 - Analyze how specific geologic processes and features are expressed in Florida and elsewhere.
  • SC.912.E.6.1 - Describe and differentiate the layers of Earth and the interactions among them.
  • SC.912.E.6.3 - Analyze the scientific theory of plate tectonics and identify related major processes and features as a result of moving plates.
Objectives:
  • Students demonstrate the ability to recognize different types of faults and describe how tsunami's form.
Essential Vocabulary:
  • seismic gap an area along a fault where relatively few earthquakes have occurred recently but where strong earthquakes are known to have occurred in the past
  • tsunami a giant ocean wave that forms after a volcanic eruption, submarine earthquake, or landslide
Realted Videos:

Animations:

Guided Instruction: FCAT Word Slam: Nucleus

Direct Instruction: Earthquake guide > Faulting (types of faults: animations)

Independent Practice: Videos: Haiti Earthquake & Earthquake Distruction: Students complete questions provided on their own paper.

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