Topic / Title Earthquakes and Faults: Do you live near the active faults?

Grade Level 8
Time Allotment 60mins.
Teacher
Learning Competency
Differentiate the active and inactive faults.
Objectives
At the end of the class, the students will identify the different active faults in the
Philippines using the PHIVOLCS map
ELICIT (Access prior knowledge). Materials/Assessment tools
Recall the PHIVOLCS Earthquake
Intensity Scale (PEIS)
ENGAGE (Get the students’ minds focused on the topic (short; question or picture).
Read the topic Do You Live Near an
Active Fault on LM page 131.
EXPLORE (Provide students with a common experience).
Analyze and give your
comment(s) on the picture
shown.

EXPLAIN (Teach the concept. Should include interaction between teacher and students).
Let the learners study the map and find
out where they live. Is there an active fault
passing by your town, province, or region? If
so, are you and your family prepared for the
occurrence of an earthquake?
It is important to know the location of
active faults. As much as possible, no Figure
important structures should be built near or 17.
on them. PHIVOLCS has a MAP that shows Active
the Active Faults in the Philippines. Faults
There really is no way to concretely and
define a fault as "active" or "inactive" Trenches
(especially because inactive faults can
suddenly become active again), but it's more
or less safe to say that if a fault hasn't shown
tectonic activity for about 5,600 years, it's
probably inactive.
ELABORATE (Students apply the information learned in the Explain).
There really is no way to concretely
define a fault as "active" or "inactive"
(especially because inactive faults can
suddenly become active again), but it's more
or less safe to say that if a fault hasn't shown
tectonic activity for about 5,600 years, it's
probably inactive
.
EVALUATE (How will you know the students have learned the concept)?
Based on the map, what are the active Map
faults? If you are living near active faults
what are you going to do?

EXTEND (Deepen conceptual understanding through use in new context).

What are you going to do before an
earthquake and during the earthquake?
References
DepEd Grade 8 Science Learner’s Module

Prepared by:

ZATE, CONIELYN R.
LAGUA, MARY EDMAVETTE B.
BLASCO, MERY RHEZA G.
MAGLINAO, LENIE L.
DESIERTO, GRACE C.
CARILLO, EVANGELINE B.
MALANA, CHERELYN C.
QUINONES, JOAN CARMENCITA A.