5-E Model Lesson

Title
Purpose/Rationale

SOLs

1)

Materials and
Resources

Safety Issues

Faults Blocks
To teach students and to reinforce information about the
different types of fault and associated stresses and plate
boundaries.
ES.7 The student will investigate and understand geologic
processes including plate tectonics. Key concepts include
a. Geologic processes and their resulting features; and
b. Tectonic processes.
Paper fault models
Notebook paper
Crosswords
Internet
Computer and projector
None

Procedures for Teaching (numbered with time frame)

1. Bell-Ringer: Which fault is created by compressional
Engage
forces?
2. Students participated in the Make-A-Fault Activity, in
Explore
which they used two fault blocks in order to draw what
various types of faults look like, and describe the forces that
are involved and where each type of fault occurs.
Explain (include key
3. Students used a notes sheet, filled out during class, to
vocabulary/concepts)
explain the details behind each type of fault
4. Key Vocabulary and Concepts:
a. Plate Tectonics and interactions
b. Faults
c. Geologic stresses: tensional, compressional, and shear
d. Hanging wall and foot wall
5.
The
notes sheet on the types of faults
Elaborate
Evaluate
Formative
Observing what the students are doing
Summative
The drawings and notes that the students turned in
Quiz at the end of the unit
Activity Sheet
(includes safety, data
None
recording,
open-ended questions)