Name: Sarah Hernandez
E-mail Address:
shernandez2@student.gsu.edu
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Grade Level: 6
Subject Area: Earth Science
Lesson Title: It’s not your FAULT the Earth Lesson Length: 30-45 minutes
FOLDS
THE TEACHING PROCESS
Lesson Overview
This lesson is designed to help students understand the different deformations of the Earth
caused by folding and faulting and their differences.
Learning Objectives:
Students will:
• describe the three primary types of folds (syncline, anticline, and monocline).
• describe the three primary types of faults (normal, reverse, and transform).
Georgia Performance Standards
S6E5. Students will investigate the scientific view of how the earth’s surface is formed.
f. Explain the effects of physical processes (plate tectonics, erosion, deposition, volcanic
eruption, gravity) on geological features including oceans (composition, currents, and
tides).
List of Materials
For teacher: Power point, internet access, pre and post test
For students: play-doh (provided my teacher), notebook, pen/pencil
INSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCE
Phase One/Two: 1) Elicit Prior Knowledge & 2) Engage – Ask students what they
already know about folding and faulting. Have students take the Folding and Faulting pre
test.
Directions: Large group): Ask students about folding and faulting maybe ask for some
examples.
(Individually): Have each student take the pre test.
What’s the teacher doing?
What are the students doing?
Asking student about what they already
Answering out loud to teachers questions.
know about folding and faulting. Teacher
Then taking the pre test individually.
then passes out pre test. Then walking
around monitoring the students.
Phase Three/Four: 3)Explore the
Concept 4) Explain the Concept and
Define the Terms
Go through the Folding and Faulting power point. Then go to website that shows the
virtual simulation of folding and faults.
Fold: a bent rock layer or series of layers that were originally horizontal and subsequently
deformed.
Anticlines: are the up-folding and/or arching of sedimentary layers.
Synclines: down-folds or troughs.
Monocline: this fold involves a slight bend in otherwise parallel layers of rock.
Faults: a break in a rock mass along which movement has occurred.
Normal Fault: Fault in which the rock above the fault plane has moved down relative to
the rock below.
Reverse Fault: Fault in which the material above the fault plane moves up in relation to
the material below.
Graben: A valley formed by the downward displacement of a fault-bounded block.
Horst: An elongated, uplifted block of crust bounded by faults.
Transform Fault: A major strike-slip fault that cuts through the lithosphere and
accommodates motion between two plates.
What’s the teacher doing?
What are the students doing?
Teacher presents power point in front of
Listening and looking at presentation and
class, answering any questions the student
virtual simulation while asking questions
might have.
and taking notes in their notebooks.
Then showing them the virtual simulation of
folding and faulting.
Phase Five: Elaborate on the Concept
Activity: In two groups, have the student make models of and explain the different types
of folds and faults using play-doh.
What’s the teacher doing?
What are the students doing?
Walking around, helping students if need
Make models of folds and faults with playbe. Asking them to explain to him/her
doh.
what they have made.
Phase Six: Evaluate students' Understanding of the Concept
Have the students take the folding and faulting post test
What’s the teacher doing?
What are the students doing?
Passing out the tests and walking around
while students take the test.
Taking the post test.
Phase Seven: (may need to continue on Day 2) Extend Students' Understanding of the
Concept
Have student read the chapter on folds and faults for homework. As a class, look at real life
images and of what these features look like on the Earth.